After the 4-1 T20 series win against England, Indian team’s left-handed opener and all-rounder Abhishek Sharma and wrist spinner Varun Chakraborty have made significant progress in the ICC Men’s T20 rankings. Both the players have made significant jumps in the recently released rankings.
In the fifth and final match of the series held at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Abhishek played a brilliant innings of 135 runs. With this result, he not only played the best innings of his international career, but also secured second place in the T20 rankings. Abhishek is currently just 26 rating points away from the highest ranked Australian player Travis Head. At the same time, other Indian players Tilak Verma and Suryakumar Yadav are at third and fifth positions respectively.
Varun Chakravarthy also gained three places to reach the second spot in the bowlers’ rankings on the back of his 14-wicket haul against England. Apart from this, Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dubey have also made notable progress by reaching 51st and 58th positions respectively.
On the global stage, West Indies’ Akeal Hosein has regained the top spot among T20 bowlers. In the Test rankings too, Nathan Lyon and Mitchell Starc have consolidated their positions at sixth and twelfth positions respectively.