Versatile India Hardik Pandya is back at the top of the list of T20I all-rounders in the ICC rankings, while Tilak Varma entered the top 10 among hitters for the first time.
Hardik displaced England’s Liam Livingstone at the top and also overtook Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airee after picking up two wickets and scoring 18, 39 not out and 2 in the T20Is against South Africa. His best performance was his spell of 1 for 8, which included a debut in three overs in the fourth T20I in Johannesburg. The last time Hardik rose to the top of the all-rounders list was just a few months ago after India won the T20 World Cup in June, also by defeating South Africa.
Tilak, the Player of the Series in the recent bilaterals, moved up 69 places among batsmen after consecutive unbeaten centuries that followed scores of 20 and 33 in the first two T20Is. He is now in third place after Travis Head and Phil Salt, and closely followed by his captain Suryakumar Yadav. Sanju Sansãothe other batsman with two hundreds in the series, moved up 17 places to 22nd, as he also hit two ducks between his two centuries. Among the bowlers, left arm fast Arshdeep Singh moved to ninth place after gaining three places with the help of eight wickets against South Africa. Arshdeep was the best wicket-taker of the series among the fast bowlers and took three fors in the last two games.
Adam Zampawho took six wickets against Pakistan, was among the highest gainers among bowlers, reaching third place after moving up five places, just behind Adil Rashid and Wanindu Hasaranga. Your teammate Nathan Ellis moved up a significant 15 places to reach 11th place, after finishing the three T20Is against Pakistan with four wickets, including figures of 3-9 in the opening match which was truncated by rain.
For South Africa, Tristan Stubbs moved up three places to move to 23rd, while Heinrich Klaasen jumped six places but remained outside the top 50 in 59th.
After the 1-1 T20I series between Sri Lanka and New Zealand, Kusal Mendis moved up to 12th place after moving up three places. After winning the ODIs 2-0, Maheesh Theekshana moved up six places to sixth, which pushed Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj up one place each to seventh and eighth respectively.
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