Shreyas Iyer slammed his first hundred in the shortest format on Tuesday, October 6, in the opening T20I against the West Indies in Lucknow to jump to seventh place in the latest ICC men’s T20I rankings.
Latest ICC Men’s T20I rankings for batters: Shreyas Iyer jumps 18 places with maiden T20I century
Iyer came out to bat at number four in the fourth over of the 172-run chase and went berserk from the word go. He reached his maiden T20I century off just 42 deliveries and remained unbeaten on 102 with 10 fours and six sixes as India chased down the target in just 14.4 overs.
With this stunning effort, the Indian captain jumped a staggering 18 places to storm into the top 10 rankings. He is now in seventh place with a career-best rating of 786 points.
Among other Indians, Ishan Kishan continues to be on top of the rankings with 902, while Abhishek Sharma is second. Tilak Varma slipped one place to 10th in the latest rankings with 719.
Position | Player | Team | Rating |
1 | Ishan Kishan | India | 902 |
2 | Abhishek Sharma | India | 887 |
3 | Sahibzada Farhan | Pakistan | 818 |
4 | Harry Brook | England | 793 |
5 | Jos Buttler | England | 789 |
= | Dewald Brevis | South Africa | 789 |
7 | Shreyas Iyer | India | 786 |
8 | Phil Salt | England | 775 |
9 | Pathum Nissanka | Sri Lanka | 742 |
10 | Tilak Varma | India | 719 |
Latest ICC Men’s T20I rankings for bowlers: Rashid Khan back at the top
Meanwhile, Rashid Khan reclaimed the top ranking among the bowlers in the shortest format as Pakistan’s Abrar Ahmed picked only one wicket in two matches at the Asian Games. Abrar is now on 718, two behind Rashid.
Axar Patel, like his captain Iyer, also took a massive jump to enter the top 10. He picked up six wickets in the last three matches to climb from 23rd to seventh. Jasprit Bumrah also jumped three places to 10th after a decent show at the Asian Games last week.
Position | Player | Team | Rating |
1 | Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | 720 |
2 | Abrar Ahmed | Pakistan | 718 |
3 | Adam Zampa | Australia | 700 |
4 | Adil Rashid | England | 695 |
5 | Nathan Ellis | Australia | 675 |
6 | Jamie Overton | England | 674 |
7 | Axar Patel | India | 664 |
8 | Nasum Ahmed | Bangladesh | 661 |
9 | Mahedi Hasan | Bangladesh | 654 |
10 | Jasprit Bumrah | India | 649 |
Latest ICC Men’s T20I rankings for all-rounders
Among all-rounders, Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza continues to be on top with a rating of 321. Hardik Pandya slipping one place to eighth and Mohammad Nabi climbing up a place to 10th are the only other changes in the top 10.
Position | Player | Team | Rating |
1 | Sikandar Raza | Zimbabwe | 321 |
2 | Saim Ayub | Pakistan | 293 |
3 | Will Jacks | England | 257 |
4 | Dipendra Singh Airee | Nepal | 255 |
5 | Roston Chase | West Indies | 245 |
6 | Azmatullah Omarzai | Afghanistan | 241 |
7 | Gerhard Erasmus | Namibia | 213 |
8 | Hardik Pandya | India | 212 |
9 | Jason Holder | West Indies | 205 |
10 | Mohammad Nabi | Afghanistan | 197 |
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