A host of Indian stars received a rankings boost in the T20Is after solid performances in the ongoing series against Afghanistan, with spinner Varun Chakaravarthy rising to fifth and Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah entering the top 10. The reigning ICC Men’s T20 World Cup champions have already opened up an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-game series in Delhi and have received strong contributions from a group of players across the two contests played thus far. There is further joy for India in the latest T20I Bowler Rankings, with Varun Chakaravarthy (up two slots to fifth), Jasprit Bumrah (up seven rungs to 10th), Arshdeep Singh (up 11 spots to 14th) and Axar Patel (up six places to 27th) all making ground following some decent efforts across the first two games of the Afghanistan series, as per the ICC.
It was teammate Matthew Renshaw who won the Player of the Match award in that contest for his superb innings of 109, and the left-hander was rewarded by moving from outside the top 100 to 68th in the list of ODI batters. There are also gains in the rankings for ODI batters for Cooper Connolly (up nine spots to 77th) after the youngster contributed 51 at No. 3 in that fixture against Zimbabwe.
Only Ishan Kishan remains ahead of Abhishek in the updated rankings, with the India duo separated by 51 rating points, while teammate Sanju Samson is another player to make ground this week after he rose four places to 30th on the back of his fine half-century in the second match of the series.
