There was a storm in the ICC rankings, Ishan Kishan made a big jump of 17 places, reached this number in the top-10.
Ishaan Kishan
ICC T20I Rankings: The explosive opener Ishan Kishan, who made headlines with his powerful innings in the IND vs PAK match, has also made a splash in the ICC rankings. Ishaan has jumped straight into the top-10. After his brilliant performance against Pakistan on February 15, Ishan Kishan has made a big gain in the rankings. He was named Player of the Match for his match-winning innings against Pakistan. After the tremendous thrashing of Pakistani bowlers, the Indian opening batsman has made a tremendous jump of 17 places in the latest rankings of ICC T20I batsmen. After this huge leap, Ishan Kishan has now reached eighth place in the latest T20I rankings.
Abhishek Sharma remains at number 1
Indian opener Abhishek Sharma remains at the number-1 position in the rankings for T20I batsmen despite questions over his recent form. England's Phil Salt is in second place. At the same time, Sri Lanka's explosive batsman Pathum Nissanka jumped three places by scoring a brilliant century against Australia in Kandy and reached the third position. At the same time, Tilak Verma has also jumped one place and reached the fourth position.
Pakistan batsman suffered loss
On the other hand, Pakistan's Sahibzada Farhan has slipped 2 places. Sahibzada has now slipped to 5th position. England's Jos Buttler has also lost three places and has now slipped to 7th position. New Zealand's Tim Seifert and Australia's Travis Head have also lost one place each, despite both the batsmen remaining in the top-10. Now Seifert has slipped to 9th while Head has slipped to 10th.
Huge fight in the ranking of bowlers
There is also a tough competition in the ranking of T20I bowlers. Afghanistan's star spinner Rashid Khan has moved up one place to the second position and is very close to Indian spinner Varun Chakraborty, who is currently at the top. Zimbabwean fast bowler Brad Evans has moved up 10 places to fifth position by taking three wickets each in two consecutive matches. Pakistan's Sam Ayub has once again done wonders. Sam Ayub has become the number-1 T20I all-rounder by surpassing Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza.
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