ICC T20I rankings: Kohli drops to 8th spot, Rahul jumps to 5th in batting chart

TIL Desk Sports/ India captain Virat Kohli dropped four places to eighth while his team-mate KL Rahul jumped three slots to fifth in the latest ICC men’s T20I Player Rankings for batters, released on Wednesday.

Apart from the first two matches in the T20 World Cup, Kohli didn’t get too many opportunities to bat and it affected his T20I batting rankings. On the other hand, Rahul with his three fifties in India’s last three matches moved to No 5.

After returning low scores against Pakistan and New Zealand, KL was brilliant against Afghanistan, Scotland and Namibia but the knocks came in too late for India as they exited the tournament in the Super 12 stage.

Meanwhile, Aiden Markram has made significant gains in his T20I rankings on the back of the sensational performances for South Africa in the ongoing World Cup. Markram’s unbeaten knock of 52 in just 25 balls in South Africa’s victory over Group 1 table-toppers England sees him climb to the No 3 spot in the T20I rankings for batters.