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Follow UsIndian allrounder Venkatesh Iyer made a massive jump of 203 places to be ranked 115th, while Suryakumar Yadav moved up 35 places to 21st in the latest ICC men's T20I batting rankings released on Wednesday.
Venkatesh played vital knocks of 24 not out, 33 and 35 not out in the recently-concluded series against West Indies, while Suryakumar finished the series with 107 runs from three matches including a match-winning knock of 65 in the third match.
Former Indian skipper Virat Kohli, who scored 52 in the second T20I, remained static at 10th while injured vice-captain KL Rahul dropped two places to sixth.
West Indies' keeper-batter Nicholas Pooran, who hit three fifties in a row against India, moved to 13th. Sri Lanka spinner Maheesh Theekshana improved his ranking by 12 places to 17 following the five-match T20I series against Australia
Currently, there are no Indians in the top-10 among bowlers and allrounders. Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the highest-ranked Indian bowler at 20th.
Among Test bowlers' rankings, New Zealand duo Kyle Jamieson and Tim Southee moved up by a place each to No.3 and No.5 respectively following the first Test win against South Africa.
