T20I rankings: K L Rahul maintains his 2nd spot, Virat moves down to 10th spot

K L Rahul celebrating his half-century against CSK at Mohali on Sunday.
K L Rahul celebrating his half-century against CSK at Mohali on Sunday.

DUBAI: Team India opening batsman K L  Rahul maintained his second spot  however skipper Virat Kohli moved down to the 10th spot in the latest ICC T20I rankings for batsmen released on Monday.

Babar Azam is currently the top-ranked batsman, followed by KL Rahul and Australia captain Aaron Finch, while the bowling and the all-rounders charts are led by Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi respectively.

England captain Eoin Morgan and South Africa left-arm wristspinner Tabraiz Shamsi have entered the top 10 T20I Rankings for batsmen and bowlers respectively, after their superlative performances in the three-match series between the two sides.

Morgan scored 136 runs from three innings at a strike-rate of 170 and was the only batsman  to register two fifty-plus scores in the series. He went past India captain Virat Kohli and his deputy Rohit Sharma to claim the ninth position in the MRF Tyres ICC T20I Batting Rankings.

Quinton de Kock, Morgan’s opposite number, climbed as many as 10 spots to occupy the 16th position, after having registered scores of 31, 65 and 35. Temba Bavuma, de Kock’s opening partner, rose a staggering 127 spots to take the 52nd  position, after aggregating 123 runs from three innings at a strike-rate of 153.75.  (AGENCIES)