India’s disappointing tour of the UK continues to unfold on the field, but the latest ICC Men’s T20I Rankings have provided a rare silver lining, with Ishan Kishan and Abhishek Sharma holding on to the top two batting positions despite the team’s struggles against Ireland and England.India’s white-ball campaign has been plagued by setbacks, starting with a 2-0 loss to Ireland before Shreyas Iyer’s side went down 2-0 against England in the ongoing five-match T20I series after the opening game. England’s emphatic 125-run victory in the third T20I also went down as India’s biggest win.However, despite these obstacles, India’s top T20I batsmen continue to dominate the world.
Ishan, Abhishek remain on top despite India’s downfall
The latest ICC rankings confirmed that Ishan Kishan is still No.There were also some positives for India in the form of new T20I captain Shreyas Iyer, who enjoyed a big bounce of the week. After scoring 68 in the rain-soaked opening match against England and following up with 37 in the second T20I, Iyer climbed to an astonishing 425 to 93 in the batting order.At this time, England was greatly rewarded for what he did.Jacob Bethell moved up seven places to No.8 after his unbeaten 76 off 46 balls helped England to victory in the second T20I.Sam Curran also enjoyed a productive week, climbing 12 places to 108th among the batsmen after helping with an unbeaten 41 and climbing 12 wickets to join 71st in the bowling rankings with figures of 3/33. His performance also moved him up six places to 13th among the T20I all-rounders.
T20I Rankings – Top 5 (Image credit: ICC)
England players go up after the big series
Veteran leg-spinner Adil Rashid is back in the top three T20I bowling rankings after climbing one place to No. 3 thanks to his woeful figures of 2/14 in England’s all-time record.Fast bowler Josh Tongue he also entered the rankings at joint 301st after taking four wickets in his second T20I appearance, while Will Jacks entered the top 10 among all T20I batsmen, climbing six places to number seven.