ICC T20I Rankings: Virat Kohli Slips A Spot, Mohammed Rizwan Attains Career Best Position

Team India skipper Virat Kohli has suffered loss in rankings as per the latest ICC T20 rankings. The run-machine has slipped down from fourth place to fifth place.

New Delhi: Pakistan opener Mohammad Rizwan, who played a crucial role in powering his team to their maiden World Cup win against India, has made tremendous gains in the ICC T20 rankings. The star opener has jumped the fourth position in the T20 rankings of batsmen released on Wednesday.

Number 4 spot is Rizwan's T20 career's best ranking, he gained due to his remarkable batting performances against India and New Zealand in the T20 World Cup. First, the opener played a match-winning unbeaten 79-run innings against India and then a valuable 33-run knock against New Zealand.

After heart-breaking loss against arch-rivals Pakistan, India will play its next match against New Zealand. Winning is very important for India in the match against New Zealand, set to be played on October 31 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, because if India loses against Kiwis, then they will have to struggle a lot to make it to the T20 World Cup semi-finals.

Team India skipper Virat Kohli has suffered loss in rankings as per the latest ICC T20 rankings. The run-machine has slipped down from fourth place to fifth place. Despite scoring a fifty against Pakistan, he has slipped down one spot in the ICC T20 rankings for batsmen. KL Rahul has slipped two places to eighth in the ICC Men's T20 rankings released on Wednesday.

South African batsman Aidan Markram has jumped eight places to reach third place in the ICC T20 rankings -- the best ranking of his career. Markram scored unbeaten 40 against Australia and an unbeaten 51-run innings vs West Indies. He is now behind England's David Malan (831) and Pakistan's captain Babar Azam (820).  Bangladesh's star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has risen to the top of the ICC T20 rankings for all-rounders.