Ishan Kishan Enters ICC T20 Rankings Top 10 as India Stars Rise in World Cup
India opener Ishan Kishan has entered the top 10 of the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 batting rankings. He scored a match-winning 77 runs from 40 balls in the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Kishan is now ranked 8th with 732 points. He becomes the fourth Indian batter in the top 10, moving ahead of Tim Seifert and Travis Head. Kishan, since the previous ICC update in the rankings, scored 61 and 77 runs against Namibia and Pakistan, and hence, has gained so many points in the rankings.
Ishan Kishan enters top 10 as India stars climb rankings during ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Meanwhile, despite bagging multiple ducks at the T20 World Cup, Abhishek Sharma has retained his top spot in the rankings, with 891 rating points and is 83 points ahead of the second placed Phil Salt of England who has struggled so far in the mega event. Tilak Varma and Suryakumar Yadav are the other Indian batters in top 10, even as Pakistan's Sahibzada Farhan has dropped to fifth place after bagging a duck against India. Among other batters to jump in the rankings are Sri Lanka's Pathum Nissanka has jumped to third place after his scintillating century that knocked Australia out of the T20 World Cup.
Pakistan all-rounder Saim Ayub has returned to the No.1 position in the International Cricket Council T20I all-rounder rankings. India’s Hardik Pandya stays at No.3. Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza has dropped from the top spot but is only six rating points behind Ayub. Among bowlers, Zimbabwe's Brad Evans has jumped 10 spots and is in fifth place in the rankings with the career-best ratings of 680 points.
Varun Chakaravarthy continues to hold the No.1 spot in the bowling rankings. Among other Indian bowlers, Axar Patel is ranked 14th, Jasprit Bumrah is 15th, and Arshdeep Singh is 16th. They could move higher soon, as India will play a couple more matches before the next rankings update.
