Star India participant Hardik Pandya on Wednesday re-claimed the highest spot within the T20I all-rounders’ checklist whereas rising star and teammate Tilak Varma made an enormous soar of 69 rungs to occupy the third place amongst batters within the newest ICC males’s participant rankings.
Pandya overtook England dasher Liam Livingstone and Nepal dynamo Dipendra Singh Airee on the high of the T20I all-rounders’ charts on the again of some robust type throughout India’s current collection in South Africa, with the 31-year-old producing some eye-catching efforts with each bat and ball.
His innings of 39 not out within the second recreation of the four-match collection helped stability India’s innings, whereas his spell of 1/8 from three overs throughout the decisive fourth contest ensured his facet declare a powerful 3-1 collection triumph.
It’s the second time Pandya has held the No.1 rating for T20I all-rounders, with the constant India performer first rising to the highest on the finish of this 12 months’s ICC males’s T20 World Cup.
Pandya wasn’t the one India participant to make big strides within the newest rankings replace, with Participant-of-the-Sequence and rising participant Varma taking pictures up the batting charts a whopping 69 locations following his two centuries and 280 runs for the collection towards the Proteas.
The rise sees Varma enhance to 3rd place total, behind No.1-ranked T20I batter Travis Head and England’s Phil Salt, and he’s now the highest-rated batter from India, with skipper Suryakumar Yadav dropping one spot to fourth behind him.
Teammate Sanju Samson – who additionally managed two centuries throughout the collection with South Africa – climbed 17 spots to twenty second on the identical checklist for T20I batters.
Australian duo Adam Zampa and Nathan Ellis are among the many largest movers on the up to date rankings for T20I bowlers, with India seamer Arshdeep Singh gaining three locations to maneuver to ninth and a brand new career-high score following his efforts towards South Africa.