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India pair of Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin has attained career-best rankings, at the end of the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014, in the latest Reliance ICC Player Rankings for T20I batsmen and Reliance ICC Player Ranking for T20I bowlers respectively.
While Kohli moved up a place to career-best second in the batting table, Ashwin rose three places to a best-ever third position in the bowlers’ list.
The latest rankings update, released a day after Sri Lanka beat India in the final of the tournament in Mirpur, reflects the performances in the semi-finals and final.
Kohli, named player of the tournament, ended as the highest run-getter of the tournament with 319 runs at an average of 106.33 and a strike-rate of 129.14. He scored an unbeaten 72 in the semi-final against South Africa and followed it up with a knock of 77 in the final against Sri Lanka.
These efforts helped Kohli gain 68 ratings points to move up to a best-ever 889 ratings points, just three behind number-one ranked Australia batsman Aaron Finch.
The only other India batsman in the top 10 is Suresh Raina, now in tenth place (down by three).
Sri Lanka’s Kusal Perera, in fifth, is the only batsman from his side in the top 10.
South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has entered the top 10 for the first-time ever and is now in sixth place (up by 11). Close on his heels is teammate JP Duminy, in seventh place (up by one).
The other batsmen to move upwards outside the top 20 are Hashim Amla in 22nd place (up by two), Rohit Sharma in 26th (up by one), Dwayne Bravo in 29th (up by two), Angelo Mathews in 41st (up by six), Dwayne Smith in 47th (up by one), David Miller in 59th (up by two), Thisara Perera in 67th (up by three) and Ajinkya Rahane in 85th (up by four).
Meanwhile, India off-spinner Ashwin now shares the third position on the bowlers’ table with Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal.
Ashwin finished with 11 wickets in the tournament at an average of 11.27 and an economy rate of 5.35 runs per over. Ashwin ended as the fourth highest wicket-taker in the tournament. He had spells of three for 22 in the semi-final against South Africa and one for 29 in the final against Sri Lanka. These efforts helped him gain 25 ratings points to end at a best-ever 711.
The bowlers’ list is still headed by West Indies’ Samuel Badree with teammate Sunil Narine in second place.
The only other positive movements inside the top 20 were that of Lasith Malinga and Imran Tahir. While Sri Lanka captain Malinga moved up three places to 13th, South Africa’s leg-spinner Tahir entered the top 20 for the first-time ever as he rose four places to a best-ever 17th.
Outside the top 20, the bowlers to move up are Marlon Samuels in 35th (up by five), Bhuvneshwar Kumar in 54th (up by 10), Amit Mishra in 60th (up by 14), Rangana Herath in 70th (up by 31) and JP Duminy in 92nd (up by five).
Jayawardena and Sangakkara sign off on T20I career
Sri Lanka’s senior pair of Mahela Jayawardena and Kumar Sangakkara signed off on their international T20 careers at the end of the ICC World Twenty20 2014.
Jayawardena finished in 12th place on the batting table (down two) and Sangakkara, man of the match in the final for his unbeaten knock of 52, ended at 17th place (up by one).
For Jayawardena the highest position he ever reached on the batting table was number two in March 2013. On the other hand, Sangakkara’s best-ever ranking was the third position he attained in December 2009.
Sri Lanka reclaimed the number-one position on the Reliance ICC T20I Team Rankings Table, after it beat India in the final to win the tournament for the first-time ever.
Sri Lanka gained three ratings points to finish on 133, three ahead of India, to move into the top position.
Before the semi-finals began, India had gone past Sri Lanka to become the number-one ranked side. The final therefore was also a contest for either side to reclaim or retain the top spot.
There was no other change inside the top ten at the end of the tournament.
Reliance ICC T20I Team Rankings (as of 6 April after the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014)
Rank (+/-) Team Rating (+/-)
1 (+1) Sri Lanka 133 (+3)
2 (-1) India 130 (-)
3 (-) Pakistan 120 (-)
4 (-) South Africa 118 (-1)
5 (-) West Indies 114 (-1)
6 Australia 110
7 New Zealand 107
8 England 101
9 Ireland 85
10 Bangladesh 71
11 Afghanistan 66
12 Netherlands 62
13 Zimbabwe 50
14 Scotland 50
15 Kenya 42
16 Canada 2
(Developed by David Kendix)
Reliance ICC Player Rankings for T20Is (as of 6 April after the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014)
Batsmen
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave S/R HS Rating
1 ( – ) Aaron Finch Aus 892! 41.25 157 892 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
2 (+1) Virat Kohli Ind 889! 45.30 130 889 v SL at Mirpur 2014
3 (-1) Alex Hales Eng 834 36.76 136 851 v SA at Chittagong 2014
4 ( – ) B McCullum NZ 777 35.85 135 849 v Ban at Pallekele 2012
5 ( – ) Kusal Perera SL 725* 30.05 134 751 v SA at Chittagong 2014
6 (+11) F du Plessis SA 714*! 34.56 126 714 v Ind at Mirpur 2014
7 (+1) JP Duminy SA 698 37.27 124 713 v NZ at Chittagong 2014
8 (+3) Ahmed Shehzad Pak 684 27.75 122 709 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
9 (+3) David Warner Aus 681 28.38 139 826 v WI at St Lucia 2010
10 (-3) Suresh Raina Ind 679 32.92 136 776 v Eng at Kolkata 2011
11 (-3) Chris Gayle WI 671 32.60 136 831 v Aus at Colombo (RPS) 2012
12= (-2) M Jayawardena SL 670 31.76 133 785 v Aus at Pallekele 2011
(-6) Yuvraj Singh Ind 670 31.22 145 793 v SA at St Lucia 2010
14 ( – ) T Dilshan SL 657 29.04 119 802 v NZ at Colombo (RPS) 2009
15 (-2) H Masakadza Zim 650 27.76 114 685 v Ban at Bulawayo 2013
16 (-1) Martin Guptill NZ 648 31.82 122 793 v SA at Hamilton 2012
17 (+1) K Sangakkara SL 641 31.40 120 763 v WI at Barbados 2010
18 (-2) Umar Akmal Pak 633 27.75 122 709 v Zim at Harare 2011
19 ( – ) Shane Watson Aus 621 26.85 146 832 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2012
20 (+1) Eoin Morgan Eng 613 28.94 130 872 v Ind at Old Trafford 2011
Selected rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave S/R HS Rating
21 (-1) Marlon Samuels WI 612 29.78 122 723 v Ban at Mirpur 2012
22 (+2) Hashim Amla SA 611! 25.00 122 611 v Ind at Mirpur 2014
26 (+1) Rohit Sharma Ind 578! 30.79 126 578 v SL at Mirpur 2014
29 (+2) Dwayne Bravo WI 542 26.64 120 552 v Pak at St. Vincent 2013
30 (-2) Lendl Simmons WI 532 25.00 112 546 v Pak at Mirpur 2014
35 (-1) MS Dhoni Ind 507 32.88 115 515 v Aus at Mirpur 2014
37 ( – ) AB de Villiers SA 498 22.37 125 571 v WI at Antigua 2010
41 (+6) Angelo Mathews SL 489 25.42 119 493 v WI at Mirpur 2014
47 (+1) Dwayne Smith WI 465*! 19.37 125 465 v SL at Mirpur 2014
48 (-2) Quinton de Kock SA 458* 27.92 115 514 v SL at Chittagong 2014
59 (+2) David Miller SA 404*! 25.93 130 404 v Ind at Mirpur 2014
67 (+3) Thisara Perera SL 372*! 31.92 149 372 v Ind at Mirpur 2014
73 (-1) Darren Sammy WI 348* 17.14 149 352 v Pak at Mirpur 2014
79 ( – ) Albie Morkel SA 317* 21.18 142 477 v NZ at Barbados 2010
85 (+4) Ajinkya Rahane Ind 298* 22.80 116 317 v SA at Mirpur 2014
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave Econ HS Rating
1 ( – ) Samuel Badree WI 846 14.36 5.45 855 v Pak at Mirpur 2014
2 ( – ) Sunil Narine WI 805 17.44 5.72 817 v Pak at St. Vincent 2013
3= ( – ) Saeed Ajmal Pak 711 17.54 6.34 788 v NZ at Pallekele 2012
(+3) R Ashwin Ind 711 27.72 7.21 717 v SA at Mirpur 2014
5 ( – ) S Senanayake SL 709*! 15.22 5.26 709 v Ind at Mirpur 2014
6 (-2) Mitchell Starc Aus 689! 19.12 6.80 689 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
7 ( – ) N McCullum NZ 677 20.75 6.77 709 v Zim at Harare 2011
8 ( – ) N Kulasekara SL 661 22.24 7.19 676 v Aus at Melbourne 2013
9= ( – ) Shahid Afridi Pak 660 22.61 6.48 814 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2009
( – ) M Hafeez Pak 660 23.80 6.59 689 v Zim at Harare 2013
11 ( – ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 659 18.93 6.49 672 v Pak at Mirpur 2014
12 ( – ) Prosper Utseya Zim 647 29.04 6.58 667 v Pak at Harare 2013
13 (+3) Lasith Malinga SL 644 21.64 7.25 680 v Eng at Bristol 2011
14 (-2) Dale Steyn SA 638 15.98 6.45 688 v WI at Antigua 2010
15 (-1) George Dockrell Ire 637 16.33 6.21 668 v Zim at Sylhet 2014
16 (+1) Majid Haq Sco 628 16.85 6.29 643 v Net at Dubai (GCA) 2013
17 (+4) Imran Tahir SA 622*! 12.42 5.80 622 v Ind at Mirpur 2014
18 ( – ) Abdur Razzak Ban 613 19.04 6.88 661 v Ire at Belfast 2012
19 (-5) Ajantha Mendis SL 612 14.42 6.45 762 v WI at Colombo (RPS) 2012
20 (-1) M Bukhari Net 611! 20.78 6.88 611 v Eng at Chittagong 2014
Selected Rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave Econ HS Rating
23 ( – ) Angelo Mathews SL 576 27.43 6.77 645 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2013
28 (-3) Ravindra Jadeja Ind 552 38.00 7.19 579 v SA at Mirpur 2014
35 (+5) Marlon Samuels WI 525! 28.36 7.77 525 v SL at Mirpur 2014
36 (-1) Wayne Parnell SA 522 23.82 8.00 526 v Eng at Chittagong 2014
52 ( – ) Darren Sammy WI 469 22.90 7.01 686 v Eng at The Oval 2011
54 (+10) B Kumar Ind 468*! 17.54 6.22 468 v SL at Mirpur 2014
58 (-3) Dwayne Bravo WI 455 29.48 8.38 481 v Eng at Barbados 2014
60 (+14) Amit Mishra Ind 450*! 15.27 6.46 450 v SL at Mirpur 2014
69 (-4) Thisara Perera SL 414 26.36 8.44 453 v Ban at Chittagong 2014
70 (+31) Rangana Herath SL 412*! 14.50 5.89 412 v Ind at Mirpur 2014
92 (+5) JP Duminy SA 351*! 24.92 7.72 351 v Ind at Mirpur 2014
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts HS Rating
1 ( – ) M Hafeez Pak 400 441 v SL at Dubai 2013
2 ( – ) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 393! 393 v Aus at Mirpur 2014
3 ( – ) Shane Watson Aus 343 557 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2012
4 (+1) Shahid Afridi Pak 327 413 v NZ at Dubai 2009
5 (-1) Yuvraj Singh Ind 323/* 363 v Aus at Rajkot 2013
