ICC T20I Rankings: India's star batters Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan have maintained their dominance at the top two positions according to the latest ICC T20I player rankings. Abhishek is leading these rankings with 875 rating points, while Kishan is in second place with 871 points.
Besides them, the other Indian batters who are a part of the top 10 are Tilak Varma, who is lying at the sixth position, and India T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav, who is lying at the seventh position.
England wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler has jumped to eighth, and New Zealand's Tim Seifert has dropped to ninth; these are the only two players among the top 20 whose rankings have changed this week.
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South Africa's star batter Connor Estehuizen has seen his rankings surge with consistent performances.
He announced his arrival to international cricket in style in the recent T20I series against New Zealand, where he scored 200 runs and was adjudged the Player of the Series award.
This performance helped him jump from a top-100 position to the 39th spot over the last 15 days, as he helped the team win the series 3-2.
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Esterhuizen's tally of 200 runs was double what anyone would have thought during the five-match series, as the Kiwi wicket-keeper batter Tim Robinson jumped to the 32nd position in the T20I rankings after scoring 81 runs against South Africa.
For the bowlers, Afghanistan's Rashid Khan has kept his no.1 spot. Indian spinner Varun Chakravarthy and fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah are second and fifth, respectively.
A few Protea players improved their rankings after brilliant performances during the series against New Zealand. jumped to 52nd position, Ottneil Baartman climbed to 52nd position, and George Linde jumped to 62nd position, whereas the inexperienced Kiwi pacer Zalkary Foulkes also improved his rankings by jumping to the 70th position.
Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza maintained his top spot in the T20I all-rounders rankings, whereas Hardik Pandya finished in second position.
Coetzee attracted attention this week by jumping 14 positions to the 72nd spot. He took eight wickets and scored 18 runs during the series against New Zealand.