ICC Rankings: Ishan Kishan enters top-10, jumps 68 spots to be placed seventh

India opener Ishan Kishan climbed up 68 places to grab the seventh spot among batters while the bowling duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Yuzvendra Chahal also made gains in the latest ICC T20 rankings released on WednesdayKishanwho has been one of Indias consistent performers in the ongoing T20I home series against South Africa aggregating 164 runs in three matches including two halfcenturies has made a massive jump to enter the top 10 among T20 battersThe 23yearold is the lone Indian batter in the top 10 with KL Rahul occupying the 14 spotSkipper Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer have dropped a place each to 16th and 17th spots respectively while Virat Kohli has slid two places to 21stAmong bowlers Bhuvneshwar is up seven places to 11th while legspinner Chahal has climbed up four places to 26thAustralias Josh Hazlewood has regained his number one spot among T20 bowlers while Maheesh Theekshana of Sri Lanka is up 16 places to eighth in the listIn the Test rankings pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has moved a spot to third behind compatriot Ravichandran Ashwin who remains static on number twoRavindra Jadeja and Ashwin however continue to occupy the top two spots in the all rounders listAlso Read Threes Company Hattrick bowlers in ICC World CupsRohit and Kohli retained their seventh and 10 spots respectively among batters while Englands Joe Root is back at the top after smashing a second successive century in the ongoing ICC World Test Championship series against New ZealandRoot who had reached within striking distance of Marnus Labuschagne after the first Test has wrested back the top spot from the Australia batter whom he now leads by five rating pointsRoot is on 897 points after his knock of 176 in the first innings of the Nottingham Test 20 less than his highest of 917 pointsRoot first grabbed the number one position in August 2015 and was last at the top in December 2021 before Labuschagne leapfrogged him He has been No1 in Tests for 163 days so farSteve Smith 1506 days Kohli 469 days and Kane Williamson 245 days are the others to have had substantial vigils at the top in recent yearsRoots compatriots playerofthematch Jonny Bairstow and captain Ben Stokes have also had major gainsBairstows 92ball 136 that led Englands last day chase for an eventual fivewicket win has moved up 13 places to 39th position while Stokes 75 not out has taken him from 27th to 22nd positionOllie Pope up 22 places to 53rd and Alex Lees up 26 places to 86th have also moved up the rankings for batters while seam bowler Matthew Potts has advanced 18 places to 59th after picking up three wickets in the matchFor New Zealand Daryl Mitchells scores of 190 and 62 not out have lifted him 33 places to a careerbest 17th position while Tom Blundells first innings century has helped him move up four places to 31st positionDevon Conways innings of 46 and 52 saw him inch up one slot to 23rd Fast bowler Trent Boult is up four places to ninthThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever