This is the 14th time that AB de Villiers is the top ranked ODI batsman. He first climbed to the top spot on May 30, 2010.
AB de Villiers returned to action for South Africa against Bangladesh and almost instantly made an impact with 176 runs from 104 balls and has been rewarded by returning to the number one spot in the ODI rankings. His explosive knock in the second ODI against Bangladesh gave South Africa a 2-0 series lead and took the Proteas over India in the ODI Team rankings.
During his 176 run knock, de Villiers hit 15 fours and seven sixes to go past David Warner and Virat Kohli. This is the 14th time that de Villiers is the top ranked ODI batsman. He first climbed to the top spot on May 30, 2010 and he has now spent the second most number of days as World No 1 after retired West Indies legend Vivian Richards. De Villiers has now been at the top for 2,124 days while Richards was number one for 2,306 days.