ICC Men's T20I Rankings: Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Deepak Hooda make gains

Indian opener Ishan Kishan jumped 10 spots to reach the 23rd position among batters in the latest ICC Mens T20I Player Rankings on ThursdayIn the ICC Mens T20I Player Rankings that takes into account performances in the first match of the series between India and Sri Lanka played in Mumbai Player of the Match Deepak Hooda has moved up 40 places to 97th among batters after his unbeaten 41 off 23 balls Hardik Pandya up nine places to 76th among bowlers is the other to move up the rankingsFor Sri Lanka allrounder Wanindu Hasaranga has moved up to fifth among allrounders while Dasun Shanaka and Chamika Karunaratne have moved up the list for batters and bowlers respectivelyAustralia batter Steve Smith has overtaken Pakistan captain Babar Azam to grab the second position in the ICC Mens Test Player Rankings after scoring 85 in his teams innings and 182 runs win over South Africa in the second match of their ICC World Test Championship series in MelbourneSmith is just one rating point ahead of Babar who too gained seven rating points in the latest weekly update to reach a careerbest 882 points after scoring 161 and 14 in a highscoring drawn first Test against New Zealand in KarachiSmith a formerly topranked batter who had been overtaken by Babar last month is 42 rating points behind his teammate Marnus Labuschagne Travis Head is in the fourth position as Australia continue to have three of their batters among the top fourAlso ReadR Ashwin Shreyas Iyer make crucial gains in ICC Test rankingsNamed Player of the Match at the MCG for a knock of 200 David Warner is up 17 places to 14th while centurion Alex Carey up 19 places to 28th and allrounder Cameron Green up seven places to 39th have also progressed Spinner Nathan Lyon up one place to 11th seamers Scott Boland up four places to 39th and Green up 16 places to 65th are among those to move up in the bowlers rankingsFor South Africa Kyle Verreynne has moved up from 60th to 48th among batters while fast bowler Andre Nortje has advanced five places to 19th among bowlersNew Zealand batter Kane Williamson has also made notable progress moving to fifth position after an unbeaten 200 lifted him two places while his teammate Daryl Mitchell has entered the top 10 Opener Tom Latham has moved up seven places to 20th after scoring a century in the first innings of the Karachi Test while Devon Conway has advanced 11 places to 24th with knocks of 92 and 18 not outPakistans lefthanded opener ImamulHaq has moved up three places to 34th after scores of 24 and 96 Saud Shakeel has gained eight slots to reach 50th position wicketkeeper Sarfaraz Ahmed has reentered the rankings in 70th position and Agha Salman has gained 15 slots to reach 91st position after scoring 103 in the first inningsAbrar Ahmeds first innings haul of five for 205 and a total of six wickets in the match see him advance to 60th positionThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever