New Delhi: India hard-hitting batsman Tilak Varma has moved up two places to fourth in the ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings, while spinner Varun Chakravarthy has consolidated his position at the top of the bowling rankings.
Varma followed up his score of 26 in the opening match against South Africa in Cuttack with 62 in New Chandigarh and 26 in Dharamsala last week, overtaking Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan and England’s Jos Buttler in the list, led by India’s Abhishek Sharma. Varma’s best finish is second place, which he achieved in January this year.
South Africa captain Aiden Markram hit a knock of 61 in the third game against a score of just 117, moving him up eight places to 29th, while Quinton de Kock’s match-winning 90 in the second T20I pushed him up 14 places to 53rd.
Looking at the T20I bowling rankings, Chakravarthy bagged two wickets in each of last week’s two T20Is, adding 36 rating points to his tally which has increased to a career-best 818 points.
Sailors from both sides have risen up the charts. India left-back Arshdeep Singh, who was named man of the match in Dharamsala for scoring twice in 13, has moved up four places to 16th, while South African pacers Marco Jansen (up 14 places to 25th) and Lungi Ngidi (up 11 places to 44th).
In the ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings, Devon Conway’s scores of 60 and 28 in Wellington helped his team to a nine-wicket win in the second match of the ICC World Test Championship series against the West Indies, moving him up seven places to 34th among batsmen.
Mitchell Hay made a good debut, top scoring with 61 as he began his Test career at 78th, while Jacob Duffy took five wickets in the second innings for just 38 runs, moving up 15 places to a career-best 48th among bowlers.
