Now when the T20 bilateral T20 series between India and New Zealand is done with, the ICC rankings for T20s have undergone a little transformation. Performances of this series reflect heavily in what the latest T20 rankings look like.
India defeated the Black Caps in the 3 Match series as Indian bowlers won the third game for their skipper at Trivandrum. But keeping aside the result of the series we got to agree to the fact that players from both, India and New Zealand has their moments of glory in the series.
Be it Munro’s explosive batting or Boult’s storm or Sodhi’s success, the Kiwis too had their run of glory in the series albeit losing the series. Talking about the Indian dugout, Skipper Kohli and Bumrah consolidated their top spots in the rankings. Kohli was the only batsman who seemed in good form in the series. Besides this owing to their knocks in the first game both, Rohit and Dhawan climbed places. While Rohit rose to the 21st spot in the rankings Dhawan moved up 3 places to be at number 45.
As for the Black Caps, Munro who is now only the 4th batsman to hit 2 T20 tons moved to the 12th spot. For bowlers, Ish Sodhi made it to the top 10 first time while Boult jumped to the 16 spot which is his career best. Tim Southee too gained and rose to the 81st spot.
Talking about Bowlers from the Indian dressing room, Bumrah retained the apex spot in T20 bowling rankings while his colleague moved up the 26th spot. The young Chahal went up 22 places to be at the 30th spot and Axar Patel too gained as he moved 17 places to be at the 62nd spot.
Here’s what the new ICC rankings for T20s look like.
Rank Team Points
1 Pakistan 124
2 New Zealand 120 (-5)
3 Windies 120
4 England 119
5 India 119 (+3)
6 South Africa 112
7 Australia 111
8 Sri Lanka 91
9 Afghanistan 86
10 Bangladesh 76
11 Scotland 67
12 Zimbabwe 65
13 UAE 52
14 Netherlands 49
15 Hong Kong 46
16 PNG 39
17 Oman 38
18 Ireland 36
MRF Tyres ICC T20I Player Rankings (as of 8 November, after the India-New Zealand series):
Batsmen (top 20)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge S/R Highest Rating
1 ( – ) Virat Kohli Ind 824 52.86 138 897 v Eng at Edgbaston 2014
2 ( – ) Aaron Finch Aus 784 37.73 148 892 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
3 ( – ) Evin Lewis Win 780*! 36.00 155 780 v Eng at Durham 2017
4 ( – ) Kane Williamson NZ 716 34.50 122 760 v Ban at Napier 2017
5 ( – ) Glenn Maxwell Aus 700 28.93 165 763 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2016
6 ( – ) Alex Hales Eng 690 32.92 135 866 v Ind at Edgbaston 2014
7= ( – ) Hashim Amla SA 683! 34.51 133 683 v Ban at Potchefstroom 2017
( – ) Joe Root Eng 683 39.10 129 750 v Win at Kolkata 2016
9 (RE) Martin Guptill NZ 679 33.74 130 793 v SA at Hamilton 2012
10= (-1) Babar Azam Pak 664* 46.80 122 713 v ROW at Lahore 2017
(-1) M. Shahzad Afg 664 32.34 137 706 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017
12 (+4) Colin Munro NZ 657 27.84 152 671 v Ind at Rajkot 2017
13 (-2) Faf du Plessis SA 631 36.09 133 843 v Ban at Mirpur 2015
14 (-2) Shaiman Anwar UAE 615 31.12 121 636 v PNG at Abu Dhabi 2017
15 (-2) Eoin Morgan Eng 608 28.65 130 872 v Ind at Old Trafford 2011
16 (-2) Sabbir Rahman Ban 605 27.59 121 650 v NZ at Bay Oval 2017
17 (-2) Marlon Samuels Win 604 30.60 115 723 v Ban at Mirpur 2012
18 (-1) David Warner Aus 586 27.35 139 826 v Win at St Lucia 2010
19 (-1) Jos Buttler Eng 579 26.68 139 607 v SL at Southampton 2016
20 ( – ) AB de Villiers SA 574 26.12 135 575 v Ban at Bloemfontein 2017
Bowlers (top 20)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Eco Highest Rating
1 ( – ) Jasprit Bumrah Ind 724 18.40 6.74 764 v Eng at Bengaluru 2017
2 ( – ) Imad Wasim Pak 719 20.25 6.01 780 v Win at Trinidad 2017
3 ( – ) Rashid Khan Afg 717! 14.35 5.91 717 v Win at St Kitts 2017
4 ( – ) Samuel Badree Win 694 17.59 5.79 855 v Pak at Mirpur 2014
5 ( – ) Imran Tahir SA 691 15.85 6.80 795 v NZ at Auckland 2017
6 ( – ) Sunil Narine Win 676 20.68 6.02 817 v Pak at St. Vincent 2013
7 ( – ) M. Rahman Ban 667* 14.92 6.16 695 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2017
8= ( – ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 661 20.65 6.79 672 v Pak at Mirpur 2014
( – ) James Faulkner Aus 661 19.00 7.96 688 v SL at Adelaide 2017
10 (+5) Ish Sodhi NZ 656* 14.50 6.89 663 v Ind at Rajkot 2017
11 (+1) Mitchell Santner NZ 654* 19.23 6.82 657 v Ind at Rajkot 2017
12 (-2) M. Naveed UAE 626 17.27 6.06 632 v Afg at Dubai (GCA) 2016
13 (-2) Hamza Hotak Afg 614 24.68 6.75 627 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017
14 (-1) Chris Jordan Eng 605 26.19 8.73 628 v Ind at Nagpur 2017
15 (RE) Adam Milne NZ 604* 23.23 7.37 661 v Pak at Mohali 2016
16 (+14) Trent Boult NZ 595*! 19.46 8.16 595 v Ind at Trivandrum 2017
17 (-1) Adam Zampa Aus 592*! 14.81 5.92 592 v Ind at Guwahati 2017
18 (-1) Mohammad Nabi Afg 579 25.20 7.23 638 v Win at Nagpur 2016
19 (-1) Ahmed Raza UAE 578! 38.50 6.56 578 v PNG at Abu Dhabi 2017
20 (-1) T.van der Gugten Net 568 21.16 6.97 605 v Ban at Dharamsala 2016
All-rounders (top five)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Highest Rating
1 ( – ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 354 408 v Pak at Mirpur 2015
2 ( – ) Glenn Maxwell Aus 330 388 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2016
3 ( – ) M. Nabi Afg 275 286 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017
4 ( – ) Marlon Samuels Win 270 321 v SL at Mirpur 2014
5 ( – ) JP Duminy SA 213 276 v Ban at Mirpur 2015
