India captain Shreyas Iyer jumped three places to a career-high fourth spot in the ICC’s latest T20 International rankings for batters after making a blistering start to the ongoing five-match home series against the West Indies. Iyer smashed his maiden T20I century during the series opener in Lucknow, and his rise to fourth means India have three players inside the top four of the rankings for T20I batters. Iyer joined Ishan Kishan (top spot) and Abhishek Sharma (second) in the top four, with Sahibzada Farhan sandwiching the trio in third place.
The Pakistan batter reached a career-best rating following an impressive display against Sri Lanka, the ICC said in a press release.
Pakistan youngster Maaz Sadaqat rose from outside the top 100 to 45th following some decent efforts during the three-match series against Sri Lanka.
Australia’s massive victory over South Africa in the first Test in Durban has seen a host of their best performers make significant gains in the latest ICC Test Player Rankings. Australia registered an impressive 214-run triumph over South Africa at Kingsmead in the opening fixture of their three-match series, with in-form batter Matthew Renshaw leading the way with a Player of the Match performance.
