Surya remains on top as Chapman and Iftikhar attain career-high positions

New Zealand`s Mark Chapman celebrates after scoring a century (100 runs) during the fifth and final Twenty20 international cricket match between Pakistan and New Zealand at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi. Pic/AFP

Mark Chapman of New Zealand and Iftikhar Ahmed of Pakistan have attained career-best positions in the ICC men's T20I player rankings at the end of their five-match series in Rawalpindi.

Suryakumar Yadav remains at the top of the rankings and is the only Indian in the top-10. Chapman, who smashed unbeaten knocks of 71 off 42 deliveries and 104 off 57 in those two matches to finish with a series topping aggregate of 290 runs, has rocketed 48 places to 35th in the rankings. Chapman's previous best ranking was 54th attained in February 2018.

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Iftikhar, who scored 36 in the final match, has jumped six places to joint 38th position. He is the third-highest ranked Pakistan batter after Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam.

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