Suryakumar retains second spot in latest T20I rankings, Gaikwad jumps 13 places

Star batter Suryakumar Yadav stayed put on second position in the latest ICC T20I rankings among batters which also features Ruturaj Gaikwad who made significant progress following his exploits in the ongoing away series against ZimbabweSuryakumar is placed second with 821 rating points behind Australias Travis Head who has 844 rating pointsPhil Salt of England is paced third with 797 points ahead of Pakistan skipper Babar Azam 755 Mohammad Rizwan 746 and Jos Buttler 716Gaikwad has gained 13 places to climb to the seventh spot in the ICC T20I rankings on the back of a stellar 77 not out off 47 balls in a comprehensive 100run win for India in the second T20I against ZimbabweWith most of Indias ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2024winning squad rested for the Zimbabwe tour the fivegame series has allowed Indias backup players to showcase their talent and with the retirement of stalwarts Rohit Sharma Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja the upcoming players can make a good case for a regular place in the sideApart from Gaikwad Rinku Singh and Abhishek Sharma also made solid gains among the India battersRinku who was among the reserves for the T20 World Cup jumped four places to reach the 39th spot on the back of an attacking 48 not out from 22 balls in the second T20IAnd after a duck in the first game allrounder Abhishek smashed a stunning 100 from just 47 balls in the second game With this spectacular knock he entered the rankings for the first time at 75th spotAlso ReadCelebrating the luminary behind Indias Sunny DaysZimbabwes Brian Bennett gained 25 places to finish at the 96th position courtesy of his two attacking cameos making 22 off 15 and 26 off nine in the two matchesIn the bowlers T20I chart leftarm spinner Axar Patel dropped two places to be the lone Indian in top10 at the ninth position with 644 rating pointsFellow leftarm spinner Kuldeep Yadav also dropped three places to the 11th spot while T20 World Cups playerofthetournament Jasprit Bumrah also slid two rungs to 14th positionBesides there were some movements in the top 10 positions of the bowling rankings with Adam Zampa 7th Fazalhaq Farooqi 8th and Maheesh Theekshana 10th gaining positionsIndias Ravi Bishnoi with his six scalps in the first two games against Zimbabwe jumped eight places to move to the 14th spotBlessing Muzarabani also gained eight positions after the first two matches up to 55th with his spell of 117 instrumental in Zimbabwe winning the first T20IIndia vicecaptain Hardik Pandya meanwhile dropped a place to the second position in the T20I allrounders rankingsWanindu Hasaranga of Sri Lanka moved to pole positionIndias Washington Sundar entered the top 50 on the back of his quickfire 27 in the first game as well as his three wickets in two outingsAxar is placed 12th in the allrounders rankingsWith agency inputs