Hardik Pandya & 2 other India stars gain big in ICC T20I Rankings after starring display vs Bangladesh

A number of Team India stars have gained big in the latest ICC T20I Rankings, released by the governing body of the game on Wednesday (October 9).

Team India returned to T20Is last Sunday (October 6) by taking on Bangladesh in the first of the three-match series. The Suryakumar Yadav-led side completely outplayed the beleaguered visitors, thrashing them by seven wickets to take the lead in the series.

Asked to bat first, Bangladesh were all out for a modest total of 127. At one stage, they were reeling at 57/5 and it looked like they would not even reach the 100-run mark. However, an unbeaten knock of 35 runs from Mehidy Hasan Miraz helped the tourists post a respectable total. For India, Varun Chakravarthy and Arshdeep Singh picked up three wickets each.

With the bat, India chased down the total inside 12 overs. Former vice-captain Hardik Pandya starred with the bat, scoring an unbeaten 39 runs to take the team home with utmost ease. The likes of Sanju Samson (29) and Suryakumar (29) played crucial knocks too.

India stars gain in ICC T20I rankings:

The impressive display in the first T20I against Bangladesh has helped a number of Indian players move up in the ICC T20I rankings. Arshdeep Singh, Hardik Pandya and Washington Sundar have gained in the ICC T20I rankings for their performance in the first game.

Pandya came out to bat when India lost two set batsmen in quick succession. From thereon, he led India's charge with the bat, smashing 39 runs from just 16 balls. His knock was studded with five fours and two sixes.

Thanks to his match-winning knock, Pandya has climbed seven places to 60th overall on the latest ICC T20I rankings for batters. Australia's Travis Head is currently the number-one T20I batsman in the world.

Pandya picked up a wicket as well and has moved up four places to third overall on the latest rankings for T20I allrounders. England's Liam Livingstone and Nepal's Dipendra Singh Airee are ahead of Pandya in the all-rounders' rankings.

In the T20I rankings for bowlers, Arshdeep has climbed eight places to equal eighth. He has also reached a new career-high rating following his three-wicket haul. Washington Sundar, who picked up 1 wicket for 12 runs, has jumped four places to move to 35th. England's Adil Rashid is currently the number-one T20I bowler in the world.