Team India opener Abhishek Sharma and spinner Varun Chakravarthy have made huge progress in the ICC men’s T20I player rankings after helping India win their five-match home series against England by a 4-1 margin. Abhishek’s spectacular 54-ball 135 in the final match of the series at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai has helped him progress 38 spots to second position, moving ahead of compatriot Tilak Verma and only behind Australia’s Travis Head.
It means the T20I batting rankings are currently headed by two Sunrisers Hyderabad players – Head, who was retained for Rs 12 crore and Abhishek, who was retained for Rs 14 crore.
Chakravarthy has also moved up to second position, gaining three slots, after taking a couple of wickets each in the last two matches of the series that were considered for the weekly update. His 14 wickets in the series have enabled him to move up to joint-second with England leg-spinner Adil Rashid, who has slipped behind Akeal Hossein after taking the top spot last week.
Highest Ranked T20i bowlers:
1. Akeal Hosein – 707 Ratings.
2. Varun Chakravarthy – 705 Ratings.THE RISE OF VARUN CV IN T20IS.
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England and Delhi Capitals batter Harry Brook is up three places to 42nd after a knock of 51 in the fourth ODI in Pune while Hardik Pandya (up five places to 51st), Rinku Singh (up five places to 55th), Shivam Dube (up 38 places to 58th) and Ben Duckett (up six places to 62nd) are the other batters to move up after the series.
In the bowling rankings, India’s leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi has moved up from 10th to sixth after grabbing four wickets in the last two matches while England seam bowler Saqib Mahmood’s figures of three for 35 in the fourth match have helped him gain 28 places to 57th. Mark Wood (up nine places to 60th) and Brydon Carse (up 62 places to 66th) are others to progress.
In the Test rankings, Steve Smith is up three places to fifth after scoring 141 in the Galle Test in which Australia defeated Sri Lanka by an innings and 242 runs. Usman Khawaja, Player of the Match for his score of 242 has progressed six places to 11th and debut centurion Josh Inglis enters the rankings in 80th place.
Australia’s bowlers have also gained. Nathan Lyon is now in sixth place with 795 rating points, just six behind his career-best set last March. Mitchell Starc has moved up two places to 12th with Matthew Kuhnemann and Todd Murphy returning in 54th and 66th places, respectively.
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