ICC T20I rankings: Ishan Kishan moves up to 7th, Babar Azam ranked first

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• Jun 15, 2022 | Dhupali Das

Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer have both fallen a spot to 16th and 17th, respectively, while Virat Kohli has dropped two spots to 21. 

Digital Desk: Ishan Kishan made a big jump in the ICC T20 rankings, as the Indian cricketer moved to the seventh place among batsmen, as per the official statement released on Wednesday (June 15). 

Ishan has climbed to 68 places in the rankings and is the only Indian in the top ten, with Pakistan captain Babar Azam at the top.

Mohammad Rizwan, Aiden Markram, Dawid Malam, and Aaron Finch are the batsmen ranked second, third, fourth, and fifth, respectively. KL Rahul, who is presently out with an injury, was in 14th place.

Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer have both fallen a spot to 16th and 17th, respectively, while Virat Kohli has dropped two spots to 21. 

Moreover, Bhuvneshwar is now ranked 11th among bowlers, while Chahal is now ranked 26th.

Josh Hazlewood of Australia has reclaimed the top spot among T20 bowlers, while Sri Lanka's Maheesh Theekshana has climbed 16 places to eighth.

While,  Jasprit Bumrah has moved up to third place in the Test rankings, behind colleague Ravichandran Ashwin, who has remained at number two.

However, Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin remain the top two all-rounders in the rankings.

Rohit and Kohli held their seventh and tenth positions among batsmen, respectively, while England's Joe Root has returned to the top after hitting his second consecutive century in the ongoing ICC World Test Championship series against New Zealand.

Root, 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 points.

Root has reclaimed the top spot from Australia's Marnus Labuschagne, who was within striking distance after the first Test. He currently leads Labuschagne by five rating points.

Root scored 897 points after scoring 176 in the first innings in the Nottingham Test, 20 points less than his previous high of 917. 

Root first took the top spot in August 2015 and remained there until December 2021, when Labuschagne overtook him. So far, he's been No. 1 in Tests for 163 days.

Others who have had significant vigils at the top in recent years include Steve Smith (1,506 days), Virat Kohli (469 days), and Kane Williamson (245 days).

Moreover, Root's teammates, including player-of-the-match Jonny Bairstow and captain Ben Stokes, have also made major changes.

Bairstow's 92-ball 136, which guided England to a five-wicket victory on the last day, has moved him up 13 to 39th, while Stokes' 75 not out has moved him up from 27th to 22nd.

Batters Ollie Pope (up 22 places to 53rd) and Alex Lees (up 26 places to 86th) have both climbed the rankings, while seam bowler Matthew Potts has climbed 18 places to 59th after taking three wickets in the match.

Daryl Mitchell's 190 and 62 not out for New Zealand have helped him climb 33 places to a career-high 17th position, while Tom Blundell's first-innings century has helped him climb four places to 31 place.

Devon Conway moved up one spot to 23 after inning 46 and 52. Trent Boult, a fast bowler, has moved four positions to ninth.