India’s Suryakumar Yadav continues to reign supreme in the ICC T20I batting rankings and is also the only one in the top 10 from India. On the other hand, New Zealand's Mark Chapman and Pakistan's Iftikhar Ahmed attained career-best positions.
The duo attained those positions after the fifth and final T20I match between Pakistan and New Zealand in Rawalpindi, which New Zealand won by 6 wickets to level the series 2-2.
Chapman, whose previous best ranking was 54th attained in February 2018, smashed unbeaten knocks of 71 off 42 deliveries and 104 off 57 in the last two T20Is and accumulated an aggregate of 290 runs, and rocketed 48 places to 35th.
Iftikhar Ahmed who scored 36 in the final match, has proceeded six places to joint 38th position. Pakistan captain Babar Azam is ranked third on the spot and Mohammad Rizwan, who scored 98* in the final T20I is on the second spot in the rankings.
Others to move up the T20I rankings after the series are New Zealand players Chad Bowes (up 82 places to 118th in the batting rankings) and Ish Sodhi (up two places to 14th in the bowling rankings).
Pakistan all-rounder Imad Wasim has moved up in all three lists, as he is up 15 places to 127th among batters after scoring 31 in the final match. His hauls of three for 19 and two for 21 have lifted him 120 places to 93rd in the bowling rankings. He is also up 44 places to 24th among all-rounders.
On the other hand, in the ODI rankings update, after the Oman-Nepal match of the ACC men's premier cup in Kirtipur, leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane has moved up one slot to 22nd position among bowlers.
Kushal Malla's 108 off 64 balls has lifted him 35 places to 110th position. Oman's left-arm spinner Zeeshan Maqsood has moved up to 49th in the bowling rankings.
(PTI inputs)
