KL Rahul retains his no.2 spot and Virat Kohli moves to no. 6 in the latest ICC T20I rankings

Dawid Malan and Rashid Khan are the respective no.1 players in ICC T20I rankings.

By Jatin Sharma - 03 Mar, 2021

The ICC released its latest updated T20I players’ rankings for batsmen and bowlers. While Dawid Malan and Rashid Khan reign supreme at no.1 position in the respective rankings, India’s representation also saw some improvement.

India batsman KL Rahul has retained his second spot in the batsmen rankings while skipper Virat Kohli has moved one spot to attain the sixth spot.

The most changes came for Australia and New Zealand as they are currently engaged in a five-match T20I series.

New Zealand batsman Devon Conway's 99 not out in the Christchurch opener has helped him gain 46 spots and reach 17th position. Veteran Martin Guptill has gained three slots to reach the 11th position after his knock of 97 in Dunedin.

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Glenn Philips and Jimmy Neesham have moved up in the list for batsmen while Tim Southee (up to one place to sixth), Mitchell Santner (up to two places to seventh), Ish Sodhi (up to three places to 11th), and Trent Boult (up 24 places to 49th) have progressed in the bowlers' list.

For Australia, Jhye Richardson (re-entered at 115th) among bowlers, while Marcus Stoinis' knock of 78 in the second match sees him gain 77 places to reach 110th position.

As per the new system, ICC gives a weekly update for all women's player rankings on Tuesday and those for men on Wednesday.

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(ANI inputs)

By Jatin Sharma - 03 Mar, 2021

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