Nissanka gets into top 10 of batting in ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings

• Hasaranga drops to sixth in bowling; Shreyas Iyer jumps a massive 27 spots

(ICC): Sri Lanka’s top order batsman Pathum Nissanka who scored an impressive 75 in the second game of the T20I series against India has been rewarded with a six-spot rise to ninth on the batting rankings of the latest ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings weekly update, while former India captain Virat Kohli - who was rested for the series - fell out of the top 10 after dropping five places to 15th. 

Sri Lanka leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga who was forced to miss the series against India after being tested COVID-19 positive has dropped from second to sixth place in the T20I bowlers’ rankings. Sri Lanka fast bowler Lahiru Kumara’s five wickets in the series with India have lifted him into the top 40 bowlers for the first time. 

India’s recent series home win against Sri Lanka has had major ramifications on the ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings aiding attacking top-order batter Shreyas Iyer to jump a massive 27 spots in the latest Men’s player rankings. Iyer scored three unbeaten half-centuries during India’s 3-0 win against Sri Lanka in February, with the 27-year-old amassing an impressive 204 runs at a strike rate of 174. His efforts helped him jump 27 places to 18th on the latest batter rankings, while team-mate Bhuvneshwar Kumar jumped three spots to 17th on the bowler rankings. 

MEN’S T20I BATTING RANKINGS

POS PLAYER TEAM RATING

1 (0) Babar Azam PAK 805

2 (0) Mohammad Rizwan PAK 798

3 (0) Aiden Markram SA 796

4 (0) Dawid Malan ENG 728

5 (0) Devon Conway NZ 703

6 (1) Aaron Finch AUS 679

7 (1) R van der Dussen SA 669

8 (2) Martin Guptill NZ 658

9 (3) Pathum Nissanka SL 654

10(1) Lokesh Rahul IND 646

MEN’S T20I BOWLING RANKINGS

POS PLAYER TEAM RATING

1 (0) Tabraiz Shamsi SA 784

2 (0) Josh Hazlewood AUS 752

3 (0) Adil Rashid ENG 746

4 (0) Adam Zampa AUS 719

5 (0) Rashid Khan AFG 710

6 (0) Wanindu Hasaranga SL 687

7 (0) Mujeeb Ur Rahman AFG 679

8 (0) Anrich Nortje SA 655

9 (0) Ashton Agar AUS 645

10(0) Shadab Khan PAK 634