India star Ishan Kishan jumped 10 places to 23rd position while Deepak Hooda re-entered the top-100 in the latest ICC rankings for T20I batters issued on Thursday
The three-match series against South Africa will give India a chance to consolidate their lead at the top ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup.
Elsewhere, Afghanistan's blistering start to the Asia Cup tournament has not gone unnoticed, with a number of players rewarded in the updated rankings.
India batter Suryakumar Yadav has retained his top position in the ICC Men's T20I batting rankings issued on Wednesday, following his stellar performance in the just-concluded T20 World Cup in Australia.
Topping the batting chart is Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan (815 rating points), who has displaced his teammate and captain Babar Azam (794 rating points).
Babar Azam has managed to hang on to his mantle as the No.1 ranked T20I batter while Josh Hazlewood and Mohammad Nabi continue to top the chart as the best bowler and all-rounder, respectively.
India are currently having 268 rating points seven ahead of second-placed England. The Rohit Sharma-led side defeated Australia 2-1 in the T20 series.
Virat Kohli was the No.1 ranked T20I batter for a total of 1,013 days last decade, but Babar Azam has now surpassed it.
While Suryakumar Yadav gained 35 places, Venkatesh Iyer gained 203 spots in the batter’s charts. The duo played a key role in T20s Vs Windies.
Australia's Marnus Labuschagne has replaced England captain Joe Root to go atop the standings for the first time in his career. Another Aussie Steve Smith take...
Among the other Indians in the fray, Bhuvneshwar Kumar rose to 19th while Deepak Chahar reached 40th position in the bowlers' list of the latest ICC T20I...
Among the other Indians in the fray, Bhuvneshwar Kumar rose to 19th while Deepak Chahar reached 40th position in the bowlers' list of the latest ICC T20I...
England's Jos Buttler, who notched up his maiden T20 international century against Sri Lanka, gained eight slots to reach a career-best ninth position.
The top nine names in the bowlers’ list are all slow bowlers with Bangladesh spinner Mahedi Hasan’s consistent economical bowling lifting him nine places...
The Australians dominate the ranking chart as besides top-ranked Beth Mooney, two other from the country -- skipper Meg Lanning and Alyssa Healy (6th) --...
In the ODI rankings, Kohli and vice-captain Rohit Sharma remained second and third spots respectively, behind Pakistan skipper Babar Azam
India's T20 vice-captain Smriti Mandhana is ranked fourth while Jemimah Rodrigues is the third Indian batter at ninth position
According to the ICC, these updates eliminate results from 2017-18 and halve the weighting of matches played in 2019-20, which includes the 2019 World Cup
Rizwan is the second-highest ranked Pakistan batsman in the list, only behind captain Babar Azam, who is now in third place.
Shafali Verma, who had regained the top position last week, garnered 26 rating points and is now currently on 776 rating points
Captain Virat Kohli is now the highest-ranked Indian in the T20 rankings, ahead of K L Rahul
Shafali Verma, who grabbed the top position for the first time after helping India reach the knockout phase of the T20 World Cup last year, has leapfrogged...
KL Rahul remains the top-ranked Indian batsmen at the fourth spot despite three failures in the series so far.
Australia's 2-3 loss to New Zealand in a recent five-game series pushed the side below India with just one point separating the two.
With 816 rating points, Rahul is behind England's Dawid Malan (915) who retained his top spot, while Kohli has 697 points.
