Argus News - Abhishek Sharma, Varun Chakravarthy Retain Top Spots in T20Is

New Delhi, Feb 11: Swashbuckling India opener Abhishek Sharma retained his top spot among the batters in the latest ICC T20I rankings, released Wednesday.

Indian mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy maintained his lead among the bowlers, holding a narrow advantage over Pakistani spinner Abrar Ahmed. In the all-rounders’ chart, Zimbabwe skipper Sikandar Raza claimed the No. 1 position.

Abhishek currently has 909 points, followed by England’s PhilSalt (821), Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan (769), Englishman Jos Buttler (766) and Sri Lankan opener Pathum Nissanka (754).

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Among the major gainers in the batters’ chart, New Zealand’s Tim Seifert moved up a place to eighth, while Sri Lanka’s Kusal Mendis climbed up six spots to 12th. Scotland’s George Munsey (23rd) and Indian wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan (25th) moved up seven slots each.

In the bowler’s rankings, Chakravarthy is holding a nominal advantage over Abrar, with Sri Lanka all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga (up one place to fifth) the only significant mover inside the top 10.

There is plenty of movement outside though, as Arshdeep Singh (up three places to 11th), Salman Mirza (up nine spots to 13th), Brad Evans (up 16 rungs to joint 15th), Mitchell Santner (up four slots to joint 19th), Bradley Currie (up 25 places to 24th) all make gains.

Among the all-rounders, Raza has been rewarded for his side’s strong start to the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup by regaining the No. 1 spot.

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Zimbabwe registered an impressive eight-wicket victory over Oman in their T20 WC opener in Colombo and Raza’s efforts with both bat and ball saw the veteran return to the top spot on the list for T20I all-rounders.

(IANS)