India have retained the top position in the latest ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings after the annual update, with Suryakumar Yadav’s side leading England and Australia while continuing their dominant run in the shortest format.
Abhishek endured a difficult start to the tournament, beginning with a golden duck against the USA.
Kohli, who dominated the ODI rankings for more than three years through the late 2010s, last held the top spot in April 2021 before Pakistan’s Babar Azam overtook him.
Despite going wicketless in the recent Super Fours outing against Pakistan in the Asia Cup, Chakaravarthy bowled an economical spell of 0-25 that helped control the scoring rate and has consolidated his place at the top with a 14 rating-point gain.
Meanwhile, left-hander Shivam Dube shot up from 265th to 58th place with two consecutive unbeaten knocks of 60 and 63.
The India opener comes in at No.17 with Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, both of whom also dropped down the rankings a bit after missing the ODI series
Suryakumar is at second position with 801 rating points after smashing a match-winning 69 off 36 deliveries in the third T20I in Hyderabad
While Sharma is now 14th from 13th, Bumrah went down to 16th from 15th in the updated rankings that was released on Wednesday.
Kohli scored 134 runs in the three T20I matches India last played against Australia. Rahul, on the other hand, scored 81 runs in the three innings.
India are no longer the number 1 ranked Test team for the first time since October 2016 largely because they had a brilliant run in 2016-17, the results of which no longer influence the current rankings.
