ICC T20I Rankings: Virat Kohli leapfrogs KL Rahul, Suryakumar makes rapid progress | Cricket News

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As per the most recent ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings, which was launched on Wednesday (March 24), India captain Virat Kohli and vice-captain Rohit Sharma made progress within the charts courtesy the 3-2 house sequence win in opposition to England in Ahmedabad.

Kohli, who slammed an unbeaten 80 off 52 balls coming in as opener and was related in a stand of 94 with Rohit that set the platform for the 36-run victory within the fifth T20I, has moved up one place to fourth place and is now the highest-ranked from the nation forward of KL Rahul.

Rohit’s 34-ball 64 in that match has helped him transfer up three locations to 14th within the newest weekly rankings replace which took under consideration the three-match Afghanistan-Zimbabwe sequence in Abu Dhabi aside from the final two matches of the India-England sequence.

In different positive aspects for India’s batsmen, which ought to come as encouraging information since they host the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup later this yr, Shreyas Iyer has moved up 5 locations to a career-best twenty sixth place whereas rookie Suryakumar Yadav and wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant additionally made rapid progress.

Suryakumar, who debuted within the second match of the sequence, however couldn’t garner any factors as he didn’t get to bat, has pushed up from the underside to the 66th place after scores of 57 and 32 whereas Pant has moved up 11 locations to 69th within the rankings.

Seam bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar, participant of the match within the final match for his spell of two for 15, has moved up 21 locations to twenty fourth whereas Hardik Pandya has superior 47 locations to 78th.

For England, Dawid Malan maintains a wholesome lead on the high of the rankings after his 68 within the remaining match whereas Jos Buttler has inched up one place to 18th. Leg-spinner Adil Rashid (up one place to fourth) and quick bowlers Jofra Archer (up 12 locations to twenty second) and Mark Wood (up 12 locations to twenty seventh) have superior within the bowlers’ checklist.

Leg-spinner Rashid Khan has misplaced his place on the high of the rankings regardless of ending with six wickets within the sequence as he conceded 7.60 runs an over. South Africa spinner Tabraiz Shamsi is now primary for the primary time in his profession. Rashid had been just about on the high since February 5, 2018, solely dropping to second place for 2 days in March 2020.

In the ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings, Jonny Bairstow is as much as 4 locations to a career-best seventh place after his knock of 94 within the opening match of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League sequence in opposition to India in Pune.

India opener Shikhar Dhawan’s match-winning 98 has lifted him two locations to fifteenth and Bhuvneshwar Kumar has gained 5 locations to maneuver into the highest 20 within the newest ODI replace, which thought of performances within the opening India-England ODI and the primary two matches of the New Zealand-Bangladesh sequence.





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