After scoring a scintillating century in the opening game of the series, Iyer scored 40 runs in the second T20I in Ranchi. It helped him attain his career-best rating of 829 points, which dropped to 798 after a failure in Indore, where he scored one run.

Nevertheless, the 31-year-old jumped three places from seventh to fourth in the latest rankings, with Ishan Kishan, Abhishek Sharma and Sahibzada Farhan ahead of him. The Pakistan captain also achieved a career-best rating of 883 points after his Player of the Series performance against Sri Lanka, where he amassed 238 runs in three matches, the most by a Full Member batter in a three-match bilateral series.

ICC men’s T20I rankings for batters

Position	Player	Team	Rating
1	Ishan Kishan	India	904
2	Abhishek Sharma	India	891
3	Sahibzada Farhan	Pakistan	883
4	Shreyas Iyer	India	798
5	Harry Brook	England	793
6	Jos Buttler	England	789
=	Dewald Brevis	South Africa	789
8	Phil Salt	England	775
9	Tilak Varma	India	731
10	Pathum Nissanka	Sri Lanka	720

ICC men’s T20I rankings for bowlers

Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Abrar Ahmed has slipped to joint-third among bowlers after going wicketless in the two T20Is against Sri Lanka. Adam Zampa and Adil Rashid also jumped up a spot each to second and third, respectively, while Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan continues to be on top of the rankings.

Position	Player	Team	Rating
1	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	720
2	Adam Zampa	Australia	700
3	Adil Rashid	England	695
=	Abrar Ahmed	Pakistan	695
5	Nathan Ellis	Australia	675
6	Jamie Overton	England	674
7	Nasum Ahmed	Bangladesh	661
8	Mahedi Hasan	Bangladesh	654
9	Axar Patel	India	649
10	Liam Dawson	England	648

ICC men’s T20I rankings for all-rounders

Among all-rounders, Roston Chase has climbed to third place from fifth after accounting for five wickets in the last two T20Is against India. Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza is on top of the rankings in the shortest format with 321 rating points.

Position	Player	Team	Rating
1	Sikandar Raza	Zimbabwe	321
2	Saim Ayub	Pakistan	290
3	Roston Chase	West Indies	267
4	Will Jacks	England	257
5	Dipendra Singh Airee	Nepal	255
6	Azmatullah Omarzai	Afghanistan	241
7	Gerhard Erasmus	Namibia	213
8	Hardik Pandya	India	204
9	Mohammad Nabi	Afghanistan	197
=	Jason Holder	West Indies	197

Matt Renshaw jumps 147 spots to enter Test top 50 after a blockbuster show in Durban

Meanwhile, Australia’s Matt Renshaw had a memorable outing at Kingsmead in Durban in the first Test against South Africa. He scored 190 and 82 runs before picking up two wickets in the second innings. His scintillating show saw Renshaw jump a staggering 147 places to 49th in the latest ICC Test rankings for batters.

South Africa opener Aiden Markram scored a resolute 75 off 237 in the second innings to climb four places to 10th in the rankings.

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