Indian batting duo of Suryakumar Yadav and Venkatesh Iyer were the biggest beneficiaries of the recently concluded three-match T20I series against West Indies as they made massive jumps in the latest update of the ICC T20I players’ rankings on Wednesday, February 23, 2022.
Both the batters enjoyed a sensational series against West Indies, which India had swept 3-0. Suryakumar was India's highest run-getter in the series while Iyer was second. Suryakumar Yadav was also named the Player of the Series.
These performances saw them climbing to 21st and 115th spots respectively, in the latest ICC men's T20I rankings for batters. Suryakumar moved 35 places up to 21st while Iyer made a massive jump of 203 spots to 115th.
Amongst other Indian batters, KL Rahul dropped two places to be sixth while senior batter Virat Kohli remained static on 10th in the batters' list. No Indian featured in the top 10 of the bowlers and all-rounders' list.
On the West Indian side, Nicholas Pooran, moved five places to No.13.
Some major changes were also seen in the rankings in the aftermath of the T20I series between Australia and Sri Lanka. Australia beat Sri Lanka 4-1 in the five-match series.
Australia's Ashton Agar broke into the top 10 rankings for bowlers and currently sits at number nine. Sri Lanka's Maheesh Theekshana’s rise in T20I cricket reflected in his rankings as well -- he attained a career-high rating of 592 after climbing 12 places to No. 17.
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In the Test rankings, India's new skipper Rohit Sharma held on to his sixth spot while Kohli was one place behind on seventh. R Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah were the two Indians in the top 10 of the bowlers' list in second and 10th place respectively.
In the all-rounders’ list, Ashwin held onto his second spot with Ravindra Jadeja trailing him in third place.
Following the first Test between New Zealand and South Africa, Kyle Jamieson and Tim Southee moved up a place each to occupy the No.3 and No.5 spot respectively, with the former attaining a career-high rating of 825.
(PTI inputs)
