India's KL Rahul gained a slot to second while his captain Virat Kohli remained static at the seventh position in the latest ICC T20I rankings for batsmen released on Monday (February
With 816 rating points, Rahul is behind England’s Dawid Malan (915) in the list. On the other hand, Kohli has 697 points to his name.
Rahul and Kohli are the only two Indians to feature in the top-10 list of players rankings in all three categories – batsman, bowlers, and all-rounders.
Australia's white-ball skipper Aaron Finch (808) also gained a place to occupy the third spot whereas Pakistan skipper Babar Azam (801) slipped to fourth position after registering scores of 0, 5 and 44 against South Africa.
When it comes to the bowlers, Proteas spinner Tabraiz Shamsi attained a career-best second position while Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan has leapfrogged to 42nd place after standout performances in the three-match series that Pakistan won 2-1 against the Proteas.
Shamsi's series-topping six wickets, which included a haul of four for 25 in the final match, helped the left-arm wrist-spinner overtake Australia's Adam Zampa, England's Adil Rashid and Afghanistan's Mujeeb Ur Rahman to within three points of top-ranked Rashid Khan of Afghanistan.
Pakistan's Haider Ali advanced 13 places to 137th position while fast bowlers Shaheen Afridi (up five places to 11th) and Hasan Ali (up 14 places to 82nd), and spinners Mohammad Nawaz (re-entered at 64th) and Usman Qadir (up 129 places to 92nd) also made gains.
For South Africa, Reeza Hendricks's 98 runs in the series have lifted him seven places to 17th and David Miller's 116 runs, which included a 45-ball 85 not out in the second match, saw him gain seven places to 22nd position in the batsmen's list. Fast bowler Dwaine Pretorius moved up from 121st place to 51st.
There is no change in the team rankings after the culmination of the three-match T20I series between Pakistan and South Africa.
Pakistan have gained one point but remained in the fourth position with 260 points while South Africa have lost one point but retained fifth slot with 251 points.
(With PTI inputs)
