KL Rahul remains 4th, Kohli holds on to 10th in T20 rankings; Iyer, Suryakumar, Pant make stride in ODI chart

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India's star opener KL Rahul and former skipper Virat Kohli continued to occupy fourth and tenth spot respectively in the updated ICC men's T20 batting rankings as no Indian could find place in top 10 of the bowlers and the all-rounders' list.

 

Rahul garnered 729 points as teammate Virat has only 657 points to remain static in their rankings. Pakistan's captain Babar Azam sits atop with 805 points followed by teammate Mohammed Rizwan (798 points) and South Africa's Aiden Markaram with 796 points.

The recent run of form from Australia pacer Josh Hazelwood has been rewarded as he rose to a career-high second place in the bowling rankings..

 

The right-armer jumps four spots on the latest rankings, ahead of Adil Rashid, Rashid Khan and teammate Adam Zampa and is only behind South Africa's Tabraiz Shamsi at the top of the charts.

The unlucky bowler is Wanindu Hasaranga, who drops from first to third after sitting out Sri Lanka's six-wicket loss to Australia on Tuesday night after testing positive for COVID-19.

 

Australia captain Aaron Finch drops one spot to seventh in the batting rankings, with New Zealand batter Devon Conway rising one spot to sixth.

 

On the other hand, in the all-rounders' list, Afghanistan's Mohammad Nabi ruled the chart with 265 points followed by Shakib Al Hasan (230 points) and England's Moeen Ali (205 points).

Meanwhile, there was little movement on the latest ODI rankings, with Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma holding on to their second and third place, respectively.

 

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam continued to hold on to the top spot. The Indian pair of Shreyas Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav have made strides up the table. Yadav scored 64 in the second ODI against the West Indies whilst Iyer made an 80 in the third to help the home side complete a 3-0 series win.

 

Their teammate Rishabh Pant added a half-century in the third match to move to a career best of 469 points at the 71st place.

Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah also remained static on seventh while fellow fast bowler Prasidh Krishna, who was the leading wicket-taker across both sides with nine wickets at just 7.55, gained 50 places from 94th to 44th in the ODI bowlers list.

 

West Indies' Alzarri Joseph took two wickets in each of the three matches to earn himself a place in the top 20 bowler’s list.

New Zealand's Trent Boult remains the top ranked ODI bowler, while Bangladesh star Shakib Al Hasan is the highest rated all-rounder.

 

As far as Test rankings in batting are concerned, Marnus Labuschagne continued his supremacy with 935 points followed by Joe Root and Kane Williamson in second and third rank. India's captain Rohit Sharma is placed at sixth spot right ahead of predecessor Virat who is at seventh spot.