(UTV | COLOMBO) – Opener Pathum Nissanka has climbed to ninth in the latest Men’s T20I Player Rankings for Batsmen following his heroics in the recently concluded series against India.
Nissanka scored an impressive 75 in the second game of the series and he was rewarded with a six-spot rise on the rankings.
India’s Shreyas Iyer jumped a massive 27 spots in the latest rankings after he spearheaded India to victory in the series.
Iyer scored three unbeaten half-centuries during India’s 3-0 rout of Sri Lanka, with the 27-year-old amassing an impressive 204 runs at a strike rate of 174.
His team-mate Bhuvneshwar Kumar jumped three spots to 17th on the bowler rankings.
Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga who missed the T20 series due to COVID-19 remains sixth in the bowlers ranking which is headed by Tabraiz Shamsi of South Africa.
Pakistan’s Babar Azam continues to top the T20I rankings for batsmen.
Hasaranga is also 10th in the T20 all-rounders’ rankings.