The Indian skipper, Virat Kohli dropped four places to eighth after his team’s early group-stage elimination from the ongoing T20 World Cup 2021 in the UAE. While team-mate KL Rahul has witnessed a leap of three places to fifth in the ICC men’s T20I Player Rankings issued on Wednesday.
With three fifties in India’s last three matches, KL Rahul moved to No.5. After returning low scores against Pakistan and New Zealand, Rahul came out all guns blazing against Afghanistan, Scotland, and Namibia but the knocks came in too late for India as they failed to go past the Super 12 stage.
After a strong #T20WorldCup campaign, Aiden Markram continues his climb 🧗♂️
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— ICC (@ICC) November 10, 2021
On the other hand, South African batter Aiden Markram has witnessed tremendous gains in the latest ICC Men’s T20I rankings. Markram’s unbeaten knock of 52 in just 25 balls in South Africa’s victory over Group 1 table-toppers England saw him climb to the No. 3 spot.
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South African teammate Rassie van der Dussen has also reached the top 10 rankings for batters, climbing six spots to occupy the 10th spot in the latest update. Van der Dussen scored a Player of the Match-winning knock of 94* against England, helping the Proteas post a daunting total of 189.
In the rankings for bowlers, the Australian duo of Adam Zampa and Josh Hazlewood climbed the charts. Both bowlers have been in great form of late and were instrumental in Australia qualifying for the semi-finals of the World Cup.
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The Australian domination in the latest update continued with Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Marsh moving up in the all-rounders’ rankings. Maxwell went up three places to become the new No.4 ranked all-rounder while Marsh ascended five spots to No.9. Sri Lankan sensation Wanindu Hasaranga achieved a career-high rating (173) for all-rounders, thus going up one spot to No.3.
