The Indian opener, KL Rahul has managed to retain his second position in the current ICC T20I rankings, but the Indian skipper, Virat Kohli moved down to the 10th spot in the latest ICC T20I rankings for batsmen released on Monday. Rahul was in great from in the five-match T20I series against New Zealand which India won 5-0.

During the T20I series against the Kiwis, Rahul went on to score as many as 224 runs at an average of 56 and played an instrumental role in India’s triumph over the Black Caps. Kohli, on the other hand, could manage only 105 runs in the four T20I innings against the Kiwis.

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The Indian skipper’s 9th position has been replaced by England captain Eoin Morgan who scored 136 runs from three innings against South Africa and helped them win the series 2-1. He went past Kohli and his deputy Rohit Sharma to claim the ninth position. Quinton de Kock, Morgan’s opposite number, has climbed as many as 10 positions to occupy the 16th position, after having registered scores of 31, 65 and 35.

England’s Jonny Bairstow and South Africa’s Rassie Van der Dussen jumped 15 and 21 spots to claim their career-best ratings and occupy the 23rd and 37th positions respectively. On the other hand, Dawid Malan dropped a position but is still England’s best-ranked batsman, occupying the sixth place in the standings.

Babar Azam is still leading the rankings followed by Rahul and Australia captain Aaron Finch, while the bowling and the all-rounders’ charts are led by Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi respectively.

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England have retained their third position in the team rankings and their series win against South Africa has taken them within two points of second-placed Australia. India is currently standing at the fourth position on the list headed by Pakistan.