Hardik Pandya becomes World No.1 all-rounder

India National Cricket Team all-rounder Hardik Pandya has been rewarded for his terrific performances with the bat and ball in the T20Is. The premier all-rounder has re-claimed his place as the top T20I all-rounder in the ICC rankings.

This comes after his terrific performances in the recently concluded five-match T20I series against the South Africa National Cricket Team. The India National Cricket Team all-rounder overtook England's Liam Livingstone and Nepal dynamo Dipendra Singh Airee to grab the top spot in the rankings.

Hardik Pandya played a decent innings of unbeaten 39* in the second game of the four-match series against South Africa

Hardik Pandya played a decent innings of unbeaten 39* in the second game of the four-match series. His innings came at a time when India National Cricket Team was struggling to get going with the bat. In the other games, too, played a decent role with the bat, batting down the order.

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With the ball, Hardik Pandya had a great outing as well. He bowled a spell of 1/8 from three overs during the decisive fourth contest that helped the India National Cricket Team win the series by the margin of 3-1. He bowled with the new ball as well and troubled the batters.

Apart from Hardik Pandya, it was Tilak Varma who made a massive rise in the ICC rankings for the batters

Apart from Hardik Pandya, it was Tilak Varma who made a massive rise in the ICC rankings for the batters. The left-hander came up with a massive effort with the bat in the third and fourth match of the series. The batter slammed two back-to-back centuries in the last two games and helped his team win the game.

Tilak Varma made a massive rise and climbed 69 places following his two centuries and 280 runs for the series against the Proteas. He is now the third-ranked batter in the T20I rankings.

Suryakumar Yadav, who failed to perform with the bat in the T20I series against the South Africa National Cricket Team, dropped two spots in the rankings. He is now a fourth-ranked batter in the ICC rankings for the T20I batters.

Sanju Samson, who also hit two centuries in the series, climbed 17 spots to 22nd on the same list for T20I batters. In terms of South African batters, Tristan Stubbs (up three places to 23rd) and Heinrich Klaasen (up six places to equal 59th) also made a rise.

Arshdeep Singh achieved a career-high rating of 9th in ICC T20I rankings

Sri Lanka National Cricket Team batter Kusal Mendis also made a rise of three spots to equal 12th, and West Indies hard-hitter Shai Hope jumped up 16 places to 21st. On the other hand, Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis improved 10 spots to 45th following his recent half-century against Pakistan.

In terms of bowling, Adam Zampa and Nathan Ellis are among the biggest movers on the updated rankings for T20I bowlers. While India National Cricket Team pacer Arshdeep Singh achieved a career-high rating of 9th after he moved three spots up following his heroics against South Africa.