Kuldeep Yadav climbed 14 places in the ICC T20I bowling rankings | Getty
Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah have made significant gains in the latest released ICC rankings for T20I bowlers. Having taken five wickets in the two T20Is against the West Indies, Kuldeep climbed 14 places to No.23 in the bowling rankings while Bhuvneshwar rose nine spots to No.19 and Bumrah jumped five places to No.21.
As India inflicted a 3-0 whitewash over West Indies in the T20I series, a host of their batsmen moved up the charts as well. India’s stand-in skipper Rohit Sharma climbed three positions to No. 7, mainly due to his jaw-dropping 111* in the second game, whereas Shikhar Dhawan rose five spots to the 16th place and Rishabh Pant made a gain of 41 points to climb to No. 100. KL Rahul (4) continues to be India's highest-ranked batsman in the shortest format despite not scoring heavily in the series.
For the Windies, there weren't too many major positives in the latest released rankings. Shai Hope and Shimron Hetmyer did make big gains in the batting chart, but both of them are well outside the top 100. In the bowling department, Carlos Brathwaite got to the 29th position – a jump of four places – and Keemo Paul reached 72nd after making a rise of 21 spots.
Pakistan's Babar Azam continues to head the batting chart in T20I cricket | Getty
With scores of 7, 40 and 79 against New Zealand, Pakistan’s star batsman Babar Azam retained his status as a numero uno T20I batsman in ICC rankings. Azam's teammate Mohammad Hafeez, who played the knocks of 45, 34 and 53 against the Kiwis, rose 16 spots to No.53 while the veteran Shoaib Malik made a gain of one slot to No.28.
In the bowling department, Pakistan's Faheem Ashraf entered into the top 10 at No.7 and Imad Wasim moved two places to No.8. Mohammad Hafeez and Shaheen Afridi made massive gains of 20 spots and 41 spots respectively. Hafeez rose to No.59, while Afridi rose to No.78.
Despite the 3-0 series loss, some of the Black Caps batters made gains in the ICC rankings. Colin Munro rose one spot to No.3, Kane Williamson jumped up three places to the 12th position while Ross Taylor hopped five places to No.59.
For New Zealand, Tim Southee and Adam Milne both rose five spots to No.36 and No.40 respectively, while Trent Boult slipped down nine spots to No.27. Ish Sodhi had an average series and thus dropped two places to No.5.
(With ICC inputs)