Abhishek Sharma And Varun Chakaravarthy Make Big Jumps In Men’s T20I Rankings

New Delhi: Following a 4-1 T20I series win over England, left-handed opening all-rounder Abhishek Sharma and wrist-spinner Varun Chakaravarthy have made big jumps in the recent update to the ICC Men’s T20I rankings issued on Wednesday.

 Abhishek recently produced the best innings of his budding international career by smashing a scintillating 135 in the fifth and final match of the series at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai and has now shot up a whopping 38 places to be second on the T20I rankings for batters.

Abhishek, who now holds the record for the highest individual score made by an Indian men’s player in the shortest format, is just 26 rating points behind the top-ranked Australia left-handed opener Travis Head. In the batters’ rankings, Tilak Varma is third and skipper Suryakumar Yadav is fifth to maintain the Indian representation in top five.

On the other hand, Chakravarthy has moved up three places to equal second position in the men’s bowlers rankings on the back of his 14 wickets and Player of the Series effort against England. IANS

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