Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill make massive gains in ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings

India opener Shubman Gill has shot up to a career-best 30^th position in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings after smashing a match-winning century against New Zealand in the third and final ODI in Ahmedabad.

Gill’s 126 not out off 63 balls that contributed to India’s huge 168-run victory and helped seal the series 2-1, lifted him an incredible 168 slots. Gill, who has now slammed centuries in all three formats of the game, is ranked sixth in ODIs and 62^nd in Tests.

Left-arm fast bowler Arshdeep Singh, Gill’s team-mate in the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup-winning squad of 2018, is another one to move up the rankings, gaining eight slots to reach a career-best 13^th position after finishing with two for 16 in Ahmedabad.

Hardik Pandya's all-round performance does wonders in his rankings

All-rounder Hardik Pandya, who grabbed four for 16 and smashed a 17-ball 30, has progressed in all three lists. He has moved up from 53^rd to 50^th among batters, 66^th to 46^th among bowlers and is in second place among all-rounders, only a couple of rating points behind Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hassan.

Daryl Mitchell, who top-scored for New Zealand with 35 in their total of 66, has gained four spots and is in joint-25^th position in the latest weekly update that considers performance in the Ahmedabad match for T20Is and the final match of the South Africa-England series for the ODI rankings.

England captain Jos Buttler’s match-winning 131 in Kimberley has helped him progress six places to 20^th position while South Africa fast bowler Lungi Ngidi has advanced five places to reach 19^th position after finishing with four for 62 in the high-scoring match.

Dawid Malan (up 31 places to 58^th among batters) and fast bowler Jofra Archer (up 13 places to 22^nd among bowlers) are other England players to move up in the ODI rankings. South Africa’s Heinrich Klaasen is up 11 places to 42^nd among batters.

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