New Delhi, November 26: Kuldeep Yadav, with 714 points, entered the top-5 of the bowler’s chart in the latest ICC T20I rankings released on Monday.
Yadav has jumped 20 places to claim the third position in the ICC T20I rankings.
The wrist-spinner edged out seamers Jasprit Bumrah of India and Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman, of the top-20, to increase the number of slow bowlers to 13 in the top-20 list.
In the batting rankings, Shikhar Dhawan is the biggest mover, rising five places to a career-high 11th position.
The left-hander scored 76 and 41 runs, while KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma have both dropped two places to go sixth and ninth respectively.
There is no change at the top of the rankings with Babar Azam of Pakistan continuing to be the top-ranked batsman, while Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan is the top-ranked bowler and Glenn Maxwell of Australia is the leading all-rounder.
In the team rankings, India continues to remain second behind Pakistan with 126 points.
Prasanta Patnaik