Tilak made a huge leap of 69 places following his consecutive centuries in South Africa.
Tilak Varma has made his debut appearance in the top 10 among batters, and India all-rounder Hardik Pandya has returned to the top of the ICC rankings for T20I all-rounders.
After taking two wickets and scoring 18 runs, 39 not out, and 2 in the Twenty20 Internationals against South Africa, Hardik passed Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airee and England’s Liam Livingstone at the top of the rankings. In the fourth Twenty20 International in Johannesburg, he had his best performance with a stint of 1 for 8, which included a maiden in three overs. Hardik last topped the all-rounders list a few months ago, following India’s victory over South Africa in the June T20 World Cup.
After his consecutive and undefeated hundreds, which came after scores of 20 and 33 in the first two Twenty20 Internationals, Tilak, who was named Player of the Series in the most recent bilaterals, vaulted up 69 spots among the hitters. After Travis Head and Phil Salt, he is currently ranked third. His captain, Suryakumar Yadav, is right behind him. In addition to bagging two ducks between the two hundreds, Sanju Samson, the other batter with two hundreds in the series, moved up 17 spots to 22nd. With eight wickets against South Africa, left-arm fast Arshdeep Singh gained three ranks and moved up to ninth among bowlers. With three fors in the final two games, Arshdeep was the fastest bowler in the series to take the most wickets.
Adam Zampa, who took six wickets against Pakistan, was one of the bowlers that improved the most, moving up five spots to third position, just behind Wanindu Hasaranga and Adil Rashid. After finishing the three Twenty20 Internationals against Pakistan with four wickets, including statistics of 3 for 9 in the first match that was cut short due to rain, his teammate Nathan Ellis jumped up a noteworthy 15 spots to 11th place.
Heinrich Klaasen rose six spots but was still outside the top 50 at 59th, while Tristan Stubbs of South Africa rose three spots to get to 23rd.
Following the 1-1 T20I series between New Zealand and Sri Lanka, Kusal Mendis moved up three spots to share 12th place. Following their 2-0 victory in the ODIs, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj dropped one spot apiece to seventh and eighth place, while Maheesh Theekshana moved up six spots to sixth place.
