Shubman Gill and Kuldeep Yadav have both made inroads in the ICC T20I Rankings following their stellar performances in the recently concluded IND vs WI T20 series. Star Indian opener Gill moved up to his career-best position of 25 after his incredible half-century in the fourth match of the series. Meanwhile, Kuldeep moved to the 28th spot after picking up six wickets in four matches.
Gill has moved up 43 places after scores of 77 and nine in the last two T20Is of the five-match series that the West Indies won 3-2. Gill’s previous best in the format was 30th position, attained in February, after he registered India’s highest score in T20Is, an unbeaten 126 against New Zealand in Ahmedabad.
Gill’s opening partner, Yashasvi Jaiswal, with whom he added 165 runs in the fourth match, has also made rapid progress in the latest weekly update, rocketing over a thousand places to reach 88th position for his player of the match’s effort of 84, not out off 51 deliveries.
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West Indies opener Bandon King’s 85 not out off 55 balls has lifted him five places to a career-best 13th position, while Kyle Mayers (up two places to 45th) and Shimron Hetmyer (up 16 places to 85th) have also moved up.
In the rankings for bowlers, West Indies’ left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein is up three places to 11th and Jason Holder is up two places to 25th after they bagged two wickets each in the final match, while Romario Shepherd’s match-winning four-wicket haul has lifted him 20 slots to 63rd position.
India’s left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav progressed 23 places in the ICC T20I rankings after grabbing two wickets in the fourth match.
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