Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah consolidate top spots in latest ICC T20I rankings

The previously No.1 ranked Kiwis might have stumbled in the decider at Thiruvananthapuram, but their spin attack shone on the Indian surfaces, exposing the hosts middle-order frailties in an hotly-contested series. Ish Sodhi, in particular, took to the conditions like fish to water, and was amply rewarded for his performances with a place in the top-5 bowlers in the latest ICC T20I rankings.

Sodhi picked up five wickets in the series, helping break into the top-10 for the first time in his career. His teammates, Trent Boult and Tim Southee, also made significant gains in the latest update. While left-arm pacer Boult moved to 16th spot (a career-best for him), after a jump of 14 places, Southee moved five places to be 81st in the list.

Virat Kohli was one of the lone warriors in a below-par Indian batting performance across the three matches, compiling substantial scores that helped him cement his spot at the top of the batting rankings and increase the gap between him and second placed Aaron Finch to 20 points. Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan, who made a record partnership in the first game at Delhi, moved up three places to 21st and 20 places to 45, respectively.

For the Kiwis, Colin Munro, who became only the fourth batsman to score two T20I hundreds, made a jump of four places to reach the 12th spot.

The Indian bowlers performed well at the death: Jasprit Bumrah, the No.1 ranked bowler currently, maintained his top spot, while his new-ball partner Bhuvneshwar Kumar (two place jump to 26th), as well as spinners Yuzvendra Chahal (up by 22 places to 30) and Axar Patel (moved 17 places to 62) were other gainers.

Here are the complete rankings:

Batsmen (top 10)

Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Avg S/R Highest Rating

1 ( - ) Virat Kohli Ind 824 52.86 138 897 v Eng at Edgbaston 2014

2 ( - ) Aaron Finch Aus 784 37.73 148 892 v Ban at Mirpur 2014

3 ( - ) Evin Lewis Win 780*! 36.00 155 780 v Eng at Durham 2017

4 ( - ) Kane Williamson NZ 716 34.50 122 760 v Ban at Napier 2017

5 ( - ) Glenn Maxwell Aus 700 28.93 165 763 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2016

6 ( - ) Alex Hales Eng 690 32.92 135 866 v Ind at Edgbaston 2014

7= ( - ) Hashim Amla SA 683! 34.51 133 683 v Ban at Potchefstroom 2017

( - ) Joe Root Eng 683 39.10 129 750 v Win at Kolkata 2016

9 (RE) Martin Guptill NZ 679 33.74 130 793 v SA at Hamilton 2012

10= (-1) Babar Azam Pak 664* 46.80 122 713 v ROW at Lahore 2017

(-1) M. Shahzad Afg 664 32.34 137 706 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017

Bowlers (top 10)

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Eco Highest Rating

1 ( - ) Jasprit Bumrah Ind 724 18.40 6.74 764 v Eng at Bengaluru 2017

2 ( - ) Imad Wasim Pak 719 20.25 6.01 780 v Win at Trinidad 2017

3 ( - ) Rashid Khan Afg 717! 14.35 5.91 717 v Win at St Kitts 2017

4 ( - ) Samuel Badree Win 694 17.59 5.79 855 v Pak at Mirpur 2014

5 ( - ) Imran Tahir SA 691 15.85 6.80 795 v NZ at Auckland 2017

6 ( - ) Sunil Narine Win 676 20.68 6.02 817 v Pak at St. Vincent 2013

7 ( - ) M. Rahman Ban 667* 14.92 6.16 695 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2017

8= ( - ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 661 20.65 6.79 672 v Pak at Mirpur 2014

( - ) James Faulkner Aus 661 19.00 7.96 688 v SL at Adelaide 2017

10 (+5) Ish Sodhi NZ 656* 14.50 6.89 663 v Ind at Rajkot 2017

All-rounders (top five)

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Highest Rating

1 ( - ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 354 408 v Pak at Mirpur 2015

2 ( - ) Glenn Maxwell Aus 330 388 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2016

3 ( - ) M. Nabi Afg 275 286 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017

4 ( - ) Marlon Samuels Win 270 321 v SL at Mirpur 2014

5 ( - ) JP Duminy SA 213 276 v Ban at Mirpur 2015