KL Rahul jumps to second place in ICC T20 rankings

KL Rahul reaped rewards for his stellar all-round show in India's 5-0 drubbing of New Zealand as he rose to a career-best second position in ICC T20 Rankings released on Monday. Rahul scored 224 runs, including two fifties and a 40 plus score, in five-match series besides keeping wickets.

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Or players in batsmen's rankings

Pakistan's Babar Azam maintained pole position while India vice-captain Rohit Sharma entered top-10 of batsmen rankings. Skipper Virat Kohli remained in ninth position.=Among or Indians, Shreyas Iyer (up 63 places to 55th) and Manish Pandey (up 12 places to 58th) are ors who have advanced in latest rankings. story is similar for India bowling attack as Jasprit Bumrah has gained 26 places to reach 11th position, Yuzvendra Chahal has advanced 10 places to 30th and Shardul Thakur's eight wickets in series have lifted him 34 places to 57th position.

Or players who were also benefitted

Navdeep Saini (up 25 places to 71st) and Ravindra Jadeja (up 34 places to 76th) have also moved up. New Zealand captain Kane Williamson's 160 runs in series have taken him from 23rd to 16th position while Tim Seifert (73rd to 34th) and Ross Taylor (50th to 39th) have also made table gains in batsmen's list. Leg-spinner Ish Sodhi has advanced six places to 13th spot. 

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(Im Courtesy: AP)