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Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah consolidate top spots in latest ICC T20I rankings

Kohli and Bumrah continued to stay atop the batting and bowling charts respectively
Kohli and Bumrah continued to stay atop the batting and bowling charts respectively

The previously No.1 ranked Kiwis might have stumbled in the decider at Thiruvananthapuram, but their spin attack shone on the Indian surfaces, exposing the hosts middle-order frailties in an hotly-contested series. Ish Sodhi, in particular, took to the conditions like fish to water, and was amply rewarded for his performances with a place in the top-5 bowlers in the latest ICC T20I rankings.

Sodhi picked up five wickets in the series, helping break into the top-10 for the first time in his career. His teammates, Trent Boult and Tim Southee, also made significant gains in the latest update. While left-arm pacer Boult moved to 16th spot (a career-best for him), after a jump of 14 places, Southee moved five places to be 81st in the list. 

Virat Kohli was one of the lone warriors in a below-par Indian batting performance across the three matches, compiling substantial scores that helped him cement his spot at the top of the batting rankings and increase the gap between him and second placed Aaron Finch to 20 points. Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan, who made a record partnership in the first game at Delhi, moved up three places to 21st and 20 places to 45, respectively.

For the Kiwis, Colin Munro, who became only the fourth batsman to score two T20I hundreds, made a jump of four places to reach the 12th spot. 

The Indian bowlers performed well at the death: Jasprit Bumrah, the No.1 ranked bowler currently, maintained his top spot, while his new-ball partner Bhuvneshwar Kumar (two place jump to 26th), as well as spinners Yuzvendra Chahal (up by 22 places to 30) and Axar Patel (moved 17 places to 62) were other gainers.

Here are the complete rankings:

Batsmen (top 10)

Rank   (+/-)     Player          Team   Points     Avg   S/R    Highest Rating

  1      ( - )     Virat Kohli       Ind     824    52.86   138     897 v Eng at Edgbaston 2014

  2      ( - )     Aaron Finch     Aus     784    37.73   148     892 v Ban at Mirpur 2014

  3      ( - )     Evin Lewis      Win     780*!   36.00   155     780 v Eng at Durham 2017

  4      ( - )     Kane Williamson NZ      716    34.50   122     760 v Ban at Napier 2017

  5      ( - )     Glenn Maxwell   Aus     700    28.93   165     763 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2016

  6      ( - )     Alex Hales      Eng     690    32.92   135     866 v Ind at Edgbaston 2014

  7=    ( - )     Hashim Amla    SA      683!    34.51   133     683 v Ban at Potchefstroom 2017

        ( - )     Joe Root        Eng     683    39.10   129     750 v Win at Kolkata 2016

  9      (RE)    Martin Guptill    NZ      679    33.74   130     793 v SA at Hamilton 2012

 10=    (-1)     Babar Azam     Pak     664*   46.80   122     713 v ROW at Lahore 2017

        (-1)     M. Shahzad     Afg     664    32.34   137     706 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017

Bowlers (top 10)

Rank   (+/-)     Player          Team   Pts     Avge   Eco    Highest Rating

  1      ( - )     Jasprit Bumrah  Ind     724    18.40   6.74    764 v Eng at Bengaluru 2017

  2      ( - )     Imad Wasim     Pak     719    20.25   6.01    780 v Win at Trinidad 2017

  3      ( - )     Rashid Khan     Afg     717!    14.35   5.91    717 v Win at St Kitts 2017

  4      ( - )     Samuel Badree  Win     694    17.59   5.79    855 v Pak at Mirpur 2014

  5      ( - )     Imran Tahir      SA      691    15.85   6.80    795 v NZ at Auckland 2017

  6      ( - )     Sunil Narine     Win     676    20.68   6.02    817 v Pak at St. Vincent 2013

  7      ( - )     M. Rahman      Ban     667*   14.92   6.16    695 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2017

  8=    ( - )     Shakib Al Hasan Ban     661    20.65   6.79    672 v Pak at Mirpur 2014

        ( - )     James Faulkner  Aus     661    19.00   7.96    688 v SL at Adelaide 2017

 10     (+5)     Ish Sodhi        NZ      656*   14.50   6.89    663 v Ind at Rajkot 2017

All-rounders (top five)

Rank   (+/-)     Player          Team   Pts     Highest Rating

  1      ( - )     Shakib Al Hasan Ban     354    408 v Pak at Mirpur 2015

  2      ( - )     Glenn Maxwell   Aus     330    388 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2016

  3      ( - )     M. Nabi        Afg      275    286 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017

  4      ( - )     Marlon Samuels Win     270    321 v SL at Mirpur 2014

  5      ( - )     JP Duminy      SA      213    276 v Ban at Mirpur 2015  

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