Shreyas Iyer has achieved his career-best ICC T20 ranking after a fine run in the West Indies series.
After scoring a scintillating century in the opening game of the series, Iyer scored 40 runs in the second T20I in Ranchi. It helped him attain his career-best rating of 829 points, which dropped to 798 after a failure in Indore, where he scored one run.
Nevertheless, the 31-year-old jumped three places from seventh to fourth in the latest rankings, with Ishan Kishan, Abhishek Sharma and Sahibzada Farhan ahead of him. The Pakistan captain also achieved a career-best rating of 883 points after his Player of the Series performance against Sri Lanka, where he amassed 238 runs in three matches, the most by a Full Member batter in a three-match bilateral series.
ICC men’s T20I rankings for batters
Position | Player | Team | Rating |
1 | Ishan Kishan | India | 904 |
2 | Abhishek Sharma | India | 891 |
3 | Sahibzada Farhan | Pakistan | 883 |
4 | Shreyas Iyer | India | 798 |
5 | Harry Brook | England | 793 |
6 | Jos Buttler | England | 789 |
= | Dewald Brevis | South Africa | 789 |
8 | Phil Salt | England | 775 |
9 | Tilak Varma | India | 731 |
10 | Pathum Nissanka | Sri Lanka | 720 |
ICC men’s T20I rankings for bowlers
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Abrar Ahmed has slipped to joint-third among bowlers after going wicketless in the two T20Is against Sri Lanka. Adam Zampa and Adil Rashid also jumped up a spot each to second and third, respectively, while Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan continues to be on top of the rankings.
Position | Player | Team | Rating |
1 | Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | 720 |
2 | Adam Zampa | Australia | 700 |
3 | Adil Rashid | England | 695 |
= | Abrar Ahmed | Pakistan | 695 |
5 | Nathan Ellis | Australia | 675 |
6 | Jamie Overton | England | 674 |
7 | Nasum Ahmed | Bangladesh | 661 |
8 | Mahedi Hasan | Bangladesh | 654 |
9 | Axar Patel | India | 649 |
10 | Liam Dawson | England | 648 |
ICC men’s T20I rankings for all-rounders
Among all-rounders, Roston Chase has climbed to third place from fifth after accounting for five wickets in the last two T20Is against India. Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza is on top of the rankings in the shortest format with 321 rating points.
Position | Player | Team | Rating |
1 | Sikandar Raza | Zimbabwe | 321 |
2 | Saim Ayub | Pakistan | 290 |
3 | Roston Chase | West Indies | 267 |
4 | Will Jacks | England | 257 |
5 | Dipendra Singh Airee | Nepal | 255 |
6 | Azmatullah Omarzai | Afghanistan | 241 |
7 | Gerhard Erasmus | Namibia | 213 |
8 | Hardik Pandya | India | 204 |
9 | Mohammad Nabi | Afghanistan | 197 |
= | Jason Holder | West Indies | 197 |
Matt Renshaw jumps 147 spots to enter Test top 50 after a blockbuster show in Durban
Meanwhile, Australia’s Matt Renshaw had a memorable outing at Kingsmead in Durban in the first Test against South Africa. He scored 190 and 82 runs before picking up two wickets in the second innings. His scintillating show saw Renshaw jump a staggering 147 places to 49th in the latest ICC Test rankings for batters.
South Africa opener Aiden Markram scored a resolute 75 off 237 in the second innings to climb four places to 10th in the rankings.
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