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Dinesh Karthik jumped 108 places to the 87th spot in the latest ICC T20 batting rankings.
Karthik joined the Indian team after a stellar IPL season with the Royal Challengers Bangalore, where he scored 330 runs in 16 games at an 183.33 strike rate.
The 37-year-old was a key reason for India’s resurgence in the five-match T20I series after losing the first two games. The keeper batter scored 55 off 27 balls to lead India to an 82-run victory over South Africa.
Ishan Kishan, who was the highest scorer in the series with 206 runs and a strike rate of 150, also jumped in the rankings, occupying the sixth spot. This is the first time the 23-year-old has cracked the top ten of the ICC rankings, and he is the only Indian player to do so.
Kishan finished the series with two half-centuries against South Africa, and he was the series’ leading run scorer with 206 runs at an average of 41. That form propelled the left-hander up one spot to sixth in the latest T20 batter rankings. Pakistan captain Babar Azam has maintained his lead in the T20 batting rankings.
Yuzvendra Chahal was the biggest mover in the T20 rankings among bowlers. Following his six wickets in the South Africa series, the spinner jumped three places to 23rd.
Josh Hazlewood remained the top-ranked T20 bowler, while Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan (joint third) and Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga (sixth) both moved up a spot.
Ravindra Jadeja, who is currently in the United Kingdom for India’s one-off Test against England at Edgbaston, has retained his top spot in the Test all-rounders’ list with 385 rating points. Bangladesh captain Shakib al Hasan comes in second place with 346 rating points.
Former India captain Virat Kohli (742), who retained the 10th position in the batting chart, is also an Indian among the top 10, while seasoned off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (850) and pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah (830) occupied the second and third positions in the bowling list, respectively. Australia’s Pat Cummins leads the list of Test bowlers with 901 rating points.
Source:IE
