After scoring a scintillating century in the opening game of the series, Iyer scored 40 runs in the second T20I in Ranchi. It helped him attain his career-best rating of 829 points, which dropped to 798 after a failure in Indore, where he scored one run.

Nevertheless, the 31-year-old jumped three places from seventh to fourth in the latest rankings, with Ishan Kishan, Abhishek Sharma and Sahibzada Farhan ahead of him. The Pakistan captain also achieved a career-best rating of 883 points after his Player of the Series performance against Sri Lanka, where he amassed 238 runs in three matches, the most by a Full Member batter in a three-match bilateral series.

ICC men’s T20I rankings for batters

Position

Player

Team

Rating

1

Ishan Kishan

India

904

2

Abhishek Sharma

India

891

3

Sahibzada Farhan

Pakistan

883

4

Shreyas Iyer

India

798

5

Harry Brook

England

793

6

Jos Buttler

England

789

=

Dewald Brevis

South Africa

789

8

Phil Salt

England

775

9

Tilak Varma

India

731

10

Pathum Nissanka

Sri Lanka

720

ICC men’s T20I rankings for bowlers

Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Abrar Ahmed has slipped to joint-third among bowlers after going wicketless in the two T20Is against Sri Lanka. Adam Zampa and Adil Rashid also jumped up a spot each to second and third, respectively, while Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan continues to be on top of the rankings.

Position

Player

Team

Rating

1

Rashid Khan

Afghanistan

720

2

Adam Zampa

Australia

700

3

Adil Rashid

England

695

=

Abrar Ahmed

Pakistan

695

5

Nathan Ellis

Australia

675

6

Jamie Overton

England

674

7

Nasum Ahmed

Bangladesh

661

8

Mahedi Hasan

Bangladesh

654

9

Axar Patel

India

649

10

Liam Dawson

England

648

ICC men’s T20I rankings for all-rounders

Among all-rounders, Roston Chase has climbed to third place from fifth after accounting for five wickets in the last two T20Is against India. Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza is on top of the rankings in the shortest format with 321 rating points.

Position

Player

Team

Rating

1

Sikandar Raza

Zimbabwe

321

2

Saim Ayub

Pakistan

290

3

Roston Chase

West Indies

267

4

Will Jacks

England

257

5

Dipendra Singh Airee

Nepal

255

6

Azmatullah Omarzai

Afghanistan

241

7

Gerhard Erasmus

Namibia

213

8

Hardik Pandya

India

204

9

Mohammad Nabi

Afghanistan

197

=

Jason Holder

West Indies

197

Matt Renshaw jumps 147 spots to enter Test top 50 after a blockbuster show in Durban

Meanwhile, Australia’s Matt Renshaw had a memorable outing at Kingsmead in Durban in the first Test against South Africa. He scored 190 and 82 runs before picking up two wickets in the second innings. His scintillating show saw Renshaw jump a staggering 147 places to 49th in the latest ICC Test rankings for batters.

South Africa opener Aiden Markram scored a resolute 75 off 237 in the second innings to climb four places to 10th in the rankings.

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