Dinesh Karthik Makes Huge Jump In Latest ICC T20I Rankings; Ishan Kishan Lone Indian In Top 10

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released the latest iteration of the ICC T20I rankings which sees Dinesh Karthik and Ishan Kishan making huge advances in the batting rankings, in the aftermath of India- South Africa five-match T20I series.

Dinesh Karthik had made his comeback to the Indian team after a period of three years, having last played for Menin Blue in the 2019 World Cup. His comeback was on the back of an excellent outing in IPL 2022 for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), where he excelled as a finisher with the bat.

Karthik played a similar role for India in the South Africa T20I series and even scored his maiden half-century in the format as well. This helped Karthik make a massive leap of 108 spots to the 87^th spot in the latest ICC T20I rankings.

On the other hand, left-hander Ishan Kishan broke into the top 10 of the rankings as he finished the South Africa series with two half-centuries against South Africa and was the leading run-scorer with 206 runs at an average of 41. The Jharkhand native has now moved one spot up to the 6^th position in the rankings.

Babar Azam And Josh Hazlewood Hold Onto Top Spots In ICC T20i Rankings

Meanwhile, Pakistan captain Babar Azam held onto his no.1 spot in the T20I batting rankings with 818 rating points. He is followed by countrymate Mohammad Rizwan at no.2 and South Africa’s Aiden Markram at the third spot.

Australia’s Josh Hazlewood maintains his position as the top-ranked T20 bowler, with Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan (joint third) and Sri Lanka tweaker Wanindu Hasaranga (sixth) both moving up a place inside the top 10.

Mohammad Nabi continued to be the top-ranked T20I all-rounder followed by Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan, England’s Moeen Ali, Australia’s Glenn Maxwell, and Liam Livingstone completing the top five.

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