Ishan Kishan’s busy World Cup – 317 runs, three fifties, one ring-shaking six into the Adelaide crowd – has lifted the left-hander to second in the latest ICC T20I batting list. He is now just four rating points shy of team-mate Abhishek Sharma, whose 18-ball half-century in the final kept him in front, at least for another update.
Those two Indian openers are the headline movers, but they are not alone. Tim Seifert’s tidy tournament for New Zealand nudges him into sixth, while England’s Jacob Bethell reaches a personal best of 16th. Further down, Finn Allen (20th), Player-of-the-Tournament Sanju Samson (22nd) and Shivam Dube (27th) all make steady progress.
Full tables, as always, sit on the ICC website for anyone wanting the granular stuff.
Bowling has had a shuffle of its own. Varun Chakravarthy finished joint-top wicket-taker in the World Cup yet still slips from No.1, replaced by Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan, who did his damage in the group stage before his side went home. It feels a touch harsh on Varun, but the rankings reward long-term numbers as much as hot streaks.
England leg-spinner Adil Rashid climbs to fourth after bagging 13 wickets, and Jasprit Bumrah’s 14-wicket haul edges him up to sixth. Axar Patel, useful on slower pitches, advances to 17th.
The all-rounders’ table looks familiar. Zimbabwe skipper Sikandar Raza keeps the top spot, India’s Hardik Pandya sits a step behind, and New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner hops three places to ninth. England’s Will Jacks breaks into the top 15 for the first time, landing at 13th.
There is, inevitably, plenty of cricket ahead – a five-match India-England series looms next month – so these numbers will shift again soon enough. For now, the simple takeaway is this: Kishan is on Abhishek’s shoulder, Rashid is back where he so often sits, and the chasing pack has a little work to do.
