India’s disappointing tour of England continues to struggle on the field, but the latest ICC Men’s T20I rankings offer a rare glimmer of hope, Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma Despite poor performances against Ireland and England, the team retained its top two batting positions.India’s white-ball campaign has had a miserable run, starting with a 2-0 series loss to Ireland, and then Shreyas Iyer’s side fell 2-0 behind England in the ongoing five-match T20I series after being eliminated in the first game. England registered a resounding 125-run victory in the third T20I, which also became India’s biggest defeat in the tournament.However, even with the setback, India’s top T20I batsmen still dominate the global rankings.
Despite India’s recession, Ishan and Abhishek still top the charts
The latest ICC rankings confirm that Ishan Kishan remains the number one batsman in the T20I world, with teammate Abhishek Sharma retaining the second position.Another positive for Team India is new T20I captain Shreyas Iyer, who enjoyed one of the biggest jumps of the week. After scoring 68 in the first heavy rain against England and 37 in the second T20I, Iyer’s batting rankings soared a staggering 425 places to joint 93rd.England, meanwhile, have been handsomely rewarded for their performance.Jacob Bethell’s unbeaten 46-ball 76 helped England to victory in the second T20I and he has climbed seven places to No. 8 in the rankings.Sam Curran It has been a fruitful week too, moving up 12 places to 108th among batsmen after an unbeaten 41, and rising 12 places to joint 71st in the bowling rankings with 3/33. His all-round performance also propelled him up six spots to joint 13th among T20I all-rounders.
T20I Ranking – Top 5 (Image Source: ICC)
England stars climb after dominating series
Veteran leg-spinner Adil Rashid moved up one spot to No. 3 with abysmal figures of 2/14 in England’s record win and then returned to the top three in the T20I bowling rankings.fast bowler josh tongue He also moved into joint 301st place after taking 4 wickets in just his second T20I, while Will Jacks joined the top 10 T20I all-rounders, climbing six places to seventh.
