TIL Desk Sports/ Star India batter Suryakumar Yadav retained the top spot while all-rounder Hardik Pandya rose to joint-50th in the latest ICC men’s T20I batting rankings, released on Wednesday.
Suryakumar consolidated his position atop the rankings after his stupendous 111 not out in the second T20I against New Zealand. He gained 31 rating points from the series. His 890 points kept him 54 ahead of Pakistan’s Mohammed Rizwan, who is placed second. Hardik, who led India in the series against New Zealand, reached joint-50th among batters courtesy his unbeaten 30 in the last match of the series.
In the bowlers’ chart, seasoned pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar climbed two places to 11th, with left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh moving up a place to 21st. Spinner Yuzvendra Chahal jumped eight places to 40th. Meanwhile the talismanic Virat Kohli climbed to sixth spot in the ODI rankings while skipper Rohit Sharma continued his stay at number eight.