Rinku Singh and Tilak Varma made big strides in ICC T20I batting rankings.
Suryakumar Yadav, who is captaining the side in the three-match T20I series in South Africa, scored a half-century in the second match in Gqeberha on December 12. India lost the match by 5 wickets via the DLS method as South Africa took a lead of 1-0 as the first T20I in Durban was washed out.
Suryakumar smashed 56 from just 36 deliveries as India fell short in the exciting clash in Gqeberha and the attacking right-hander gained a total of 10 rating points as a result to further increase his lead as the No.1 ranked batter in the shortest format of the game.
The India skipper now has a total of 865 rating points, which is well clear of his nearest rivals in Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan (787 rating points) and South Africa's Aiden Markram (758).
Suryakumar Yadav had become the no.1 ranked T20I batter in the T20 World Cup 2022 and is expected to hold onto the position into next year's tournament in the West Indies and USA.
South African opener Reeza Hendricks, who made 49 in Proteas’ win, moved up one place to eighth, Tilak Varma (up 10 spots to 55th) and Rinku Singh (up 46 places to equal 59th) also made upward movements.
Newly-crowned No.1 T20I bowler Ravi Bishnoi was benched for this game, allowing Afghanistan ace Rashid Khan to join the India young gun at the top of the rankings for T20I bowlers. Tabraiz Shamsi, the Player of the Match, moved up two places to 10th following an economical spell of 1/18 in their most recent contest.
(ICC inputs)