The young Indian chinaman, Kuldeep Yadav has taken a leap of up one place to take a career-best second position in the ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings after grabbing two for 26 in the final match against New Zealand which his side lost by four runs to go 2-1 down in the series.
Kuldeep dismissed the well-set openers of New Zealand Tim Seifert and Colin Munro in the only match he played during the series and reaped immediate dividends. He is now only behind Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan in the table.
Among the other spinners, Imad Wasim of Pakistan (up five places to the fourth position) and Mitchell Santner of New Zealand (up four places to 10th) has also moved up in the latest rankings update that includes two other series which saw South Africa beat Pakistan and Nepal beat the United Arab Emirates by identical 2-1 margins.
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Left-arm spinner Krunal Pandya was another spinner to move up as he advanced 39 places to a career-best 58th while India openers Rohit Sharma (up three places to seventh) and Shikhar Dhawan (up one place to 11th) have made progress with some useful knocks.
For New Zealand, Kane Williamson has reached the 12th position, Ross Taylor has taken a leap of seven position to reach the to 51st and Tim Seifert also took a huge leap of 87 places to a reach his career-best 83rdpsotion among batsmen and Tim Southee (up seven places to 30th) among bowlers are some notable gainers.
Pakistan’s Babar Azam continues to lead the batsmen’s rankings after scoring 151 runs in the series while Hussain Talat has gained 19 places to reach 56th position after aggregating 98 runs. Shaheen Afridi has moved up 28 places to a career-best 48th position among bowlers.
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In the ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings, South Africa have overtaken Australia and England to third place while Nepal has overtaken the UAE marginally to be in the 14th position even as they come on to the table within a week of similarly crossing the threshold of eight matches and gaining entry onto the ODI rankings.
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