Captain Virat Kohli and vice-captain Rohit Sharma are among the Indian batsmen to advance in the ICC MRF Tires T20I Men Player Ranks after capturing a home series against England 3-2 in Ahmedabad.
- South Africa’s Shamsi tops for T20I bowlers for the first time in his career as Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan slipped to second place after a series against Zimbabwe
- Yadav in 66th place; The Arv and Wood speed pair at Bhuvneshwar, Buttler, Rashid and England will also move up in a weekly update for men that will be made on Wednesday.
- Bairstow, Dhawan, Latham and Tamim advance in ODI rankings
Kohli, who defeated 80 members unscathed from 52 members coming in as opener and was tied in position 94 with Rohit who set the stage for the 36- victory. run, has moved up one place to fourth and is now at the top of his country ahead of Lokesh Rahul.
Rohit’s 34-ball 64 in that match has helped him move up three places to 14 in the latest weekly ranking update that highlighted the Afghanistan-Zimbabwe three-game series in Abu Dhabi. as well as the last two games of the India-England series.
In other benefits for India’s bats, which should be encouraging news as they host the ICC T20 Men’s World Cup later this year, Shreyas Iyer has moved up five places to 26th-best position in the post while rookie Suryakumar Yadav and wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant have also made rapid progress.
Yadav, who was involved in the second game of the series but could not collect any points as he did not get to bat, has climbed from the bottom to the 66th position after scores of 57 and 32 while Pant has moved up 11th place to 69th in the rankings.
Bowman Bhuvneshwar Kumar, a player in the last game for his spell of two for 15, has moved up 21 places to 24th while Hardik Pandya has advanced 47th place to 78th.
For England, Dawid Malan maintains a healthy lead at the top of the rankings after 68 in the last game while Jos Buttler has taken one place into the 18th. Adil Rashid, who spins the legs (up one place to fourth) and fast archers Jofra Archer (up 12 places to 22nd) and Mark Wood (up 12 places to 27th) have topped the archers list.
Afghanistan also had a lot to celebrate after beating Zimbabwe 3-0 with Rahmanullah Gurbaz getting 16 slots to reach the 21st best position in the post after topping the top spot. -series with 114 runs. Najibullah Zadran (up five places to 41st), Afghan captain Asghar (up six places to 52nd) and Usman Ghani (up 39 places to 85th) have also made great strides.
However, footballer Rashid Khan has lost a place at the top of the rankings despite finishing with six wikis in the series and admitting to running 7.60 over. South African spinner Tabraiz Shamsi is now at number one for the first time in his career. Rashid had been largely at the top since February 5, 2018, just falling to second place for two days in March 2020.
Karim Janat (up eight places to 30th) and Naveen-ul-Haq (up 48 places to 94th) are Afghan bowlers to advance in the latest update, and for Zimbabwe Ryan Burl (up 38 places to 102nd among bats) and Blessing Muzarabani (up 24 places to 102nd among bowlers) has made great progress.
In the MRF Tires ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings, Jonny Bairstow is up four places to seventh-place finish after a 94-run strike in the opening game of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup series against India in Pune.
Captain Eoin Morgan has advanced one place to 24th. World-class Ben Stokes has moved up from 75th to 64th in bowling and also leapfrogged teammate Chris Woakes to third place among collectors.
India opener Shikhar Dhawan, who won 98, has taken two places to 15th and Bhuvneshwar Kumar has secured five places to move into the top 20 in the latest ODI update, which looked at achievements there the India-England ODI opening and the first two games of the New Zealand-Bangladesh series.
New Zealand, who have taken a 2-0 lead, have seen left-back Tom Latham move up five places to 30th and to a career-best 631 points after a 110-draw unbeaten streak. out in the second game. Matt Henry has moved into the top 10 (from 11th to eighth) and Mitchell Santner has secured eight places to reach 25th among bowlers.
For Bangladesh, Tamim Iqbal has secured three slots to reach the 19th position and Mohammad Mithun has jumped from 94th to 82nd.
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