The Indian skipper, Virat Kohli has made a comeback to the top five in the latest ICC men’s T20I rankings. On the other hand, England star batsman Jos Buttler has re-entered the top 20 in the rankings after blistering performances in their ongoing five-match series in Ahmedabad. Kohli, who was leading the charts earlier in T20Is and currently number one in ODIs, has gained one slot and a massive 47 rating points after unbeaten knocks of 73 and 77 in the second and third T20I.  He had now placed in the top-5 across all three formats.

Buttler’s match-winning 83 not out in the third T20I helped him to take a leap of five positions to the 19th position. Shreyas Iyer (up 32 places to 31st) and Rishabh Pant (up 30 places to 80th) also witnessed gains among batsmen while all-rounder Washington Sundar (up by a couple of places to 11th).

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On the other hand, fast bowlers Shardul Thakur (up 14 places to 27th) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (up seven places to 45th) have moved up the list for bowlers.

For England, Jonny Bairstow also witnessed the rise by a couple of places to the 14th position after adding 40 runs during England’s eight-wicket win on Tuesday, and the list is led by his compatriot Dawid Malan. Jason Roy has advanced four slots to 24th with scores of 49 and 46 in the first two matches.

Fast bowlers Jofra Archer (up 43 places to 34th) and Mark Wood (up 59 places to 39th), as well as left-arm seam bowler Sam Curran (up 41 places to 74th), have gained in the weekly update for men done by the ICC, carried out on Wednesdays.

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The last two T20Is between India and England will be played at the Narendra Modi Stadium on 18th and 20th March respectively.