Indian captain Virat Kohli entered the top 5 of the ICC’s latest T20I batsmen rankings thanks to superlative performances in the last two T20Is against England in the ongoing series.

Kohli, who was previously ranked no.1 some time back in the T20I batsmen rankings, and current no.1 ranked ODI batsman, has gained one slot and a massive 47 rating points after unbeaten knocks of 73* and 77* in the second and third T20I.

The India skipper is at the fifth spot and that has made him the only batsman to be placed in the top-5 across all three formats.

Another big gainer in the ICC T20I batting rankings is England’s Jos Buttler. He advanced five places to the 19th position, just two shy of his career-best 17th position attained in October 2018.

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Other Indians to gain in the latest ICC T20I players rankings are all-rounder Washington Sundar (up two places to 11th) and seam bowlers Shardul Thakur (up 14 places to 27th) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (up seven places to 45th) have moved up the list for bowlers.

Fast bowlers Jofra Archer (up 43 places to 34th) and Mark Wood (up 59 places to 39th), as well as left-arm seam bowler Sam Curran (up 41 places to 74th), have gained in the weekly update for men, carried out on Wednesdays.