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Chakravarthy now holds a 119-point advantage over his closest rival in New Zealand seamer Jacob Duffy (699) in second-place (PTI Photo)
Varun Chakravarthy has strengthened his grip on the top spot in the ICC’s men’s T20I rankings for bowlers. The 34-year-old has now got 818 rating points to his name, the highest ever for any Indian bowler in the rankings history and the eighth highest on the all-time list.
Chakravarthy has six wickets across the first three matches of India’s ongoing five-match series against South Africa as he continues to be India’s most dependable wicket-taker in the format since his return to the squad in October last year. Chakravarthy now holds a 119-point advantage over his closest rival in New Zealand seamer Jacob Duffy (699) in second-place, while also moving inside the top 10 for the best rating of all-time for T20I bowlers.
Left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh also improved four places to 16th overall on the rankings for T20I bowlers on the back of his Player of the Match heroics against the Proteas in the third game.
For South Africa, Marco Jansen (up 14 spots to 25th), Lungi Ngidi (up 11 rungs to 44th) and Ottneil Baartman also improved, reaching 68th from outside the top 100.
Among T20I batters, India now boast two players inside the top five on the rankings, with Tilak Varma gaining two spots to move to fourth overall after a trio of decent innings against South Africa.
Teammate Abhishek Sharma maintains a decent buffer at the top, while South Africa duo Aiden Markram (up eight places to 29th) and Quinton de Kock (up 14 spots to 43rd) made good ground following some decent recent efforts.
Pakistan’s Saim Ayub has a narrow lead at the top of the rankings for T20I all-rounders despite not playing any international matches across the last week, with India’s Shivam Dube the big mover on this list as he improves two places to 16th.
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India were looking seal their 14th consecutive T20I series win in the fourth T20I in Lucknow against South Africa. However, the match ended up being called off due to excessive fog. With this, however, India have ensured that they won’t lose the series. The decisive fifth T20I will now be played in Ahmedabad on Friday.
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