After his stellar performances against Zimbabwe, India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal rose up 4 places to occupy the 6th place in the latest ICC T20I batters’ rankings. His captain for the series Shubman Gill who was the leading run scorer in the Zimbabwe series moved up 36 places to be ranked 37th.
Jaiswal scored 141 runs while Gill scored 170 in the 5-match T20I series against Zimbabwe which a new-look team India won 4-1. Ruturaj Gaikwad, however, dropped a place and is now 8th in the standings.
Meanwhile, power-hitter Suryakumar Yadav still retained the 2nd spot in the rankings behind Australia’s Travis Head who leads the list.
India players rise in the latest ICC Men’s Player Rankings after T20I series win in Zimbabwe 📈 https://t.co/cgUD1BKQp7
— ICC (@ICC) July 17, 2024
No Indian features in the top 10 of the T20I bowlers rankings. Axar Patel, who was rested for the Zimbabwe series, dropped four places to 13th spot. However, fast bowler Mukesh Kumar and spinner Washington Sundar also made upward movements.
Mukesh, who scalped eight wickets from three games, has gained 36 places to rise to 46th spot while Washington, who picked up eight wickets in five matches, has risen 21 spots to 73rd rank.
England’s Adil Rashid is leading T20I bowlers’ chart ahead of South Africa’s Anrich Nortje and Wanindu Hasaranga of Sri Lanka.
In the T20I all-rounders’ rankings, India’s Hardik Pandya dropped four places to sixth while Axar slipped one rung to 13th.
Washington (41st) and Shivam Dube (43rd) have risen by eight and 35 places to 41st abd 43rd spots respectively.
Sri Lanka’s Hasaranga continues to top the all-rounders’ list ahead os Australia’s Marcus Stoinis and Zimbabwe skipper Sikandar Raza.
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