ICC Rankings: Virat Kohli rises to 5th in T20I list, only batsman in top 5 across formats

India skipper Virat Kohli has moved back into the top five while England star batsman Jos Buttler has reentered the top 20 in the latest ICC mens T20I rankings after blistering performances in their ongoing fivematch series in AhmedabadKohli a formerly topranked batsman in the format and currently number one in ODIs has gained one slot and a massive 47 rating points after unbeaten knocks of 73 and 77 in the second and third T20I The India skipper is at the fifth spot and that has made him the only batsman to be placed in the top5 across all three formatsButtlers matchwinning 83 not out in the third match has helped him advance five places to the 19th position just two shy of his careerbest 17th position attained in October 2018Shreyas Iyer up 32 places to 31st and Rishabh Pant up 30 places to 80th have gained among batsmen while allrounder Washington Sundar up two places to 11th and seam bowlers Shardul Thakur up 14 places to 27th and Bhuvneshwar Kumar up seven places to 45th have moved up the list for bowlersFor England Jonny Bairstow who chipped in with 40 runs and was associated in an unbroken 77run stand with Buttler in the eightwicket win on Tuesday has moved up two slots to 14th position in the list led by his compatriot Dawid Malan Jason Roy has advanced four slots to 24th with scores of 49 and 46 in the first two matchesFast bowlers Jofra Archer up 43 places to 34th and Mark Wood up 59 places to 39th as well as leftarm seam bowler Sam Curran up 41 places to 74th have gained in the weekly update for men carried out on WednesdaysIn the mens ODI rankings wicketkeeperbatsman Shai Hopes Player of the Series effort against Sri Lanka in which he had scores of 110 84 and 64 has helped him gain five slots and reach jointseventh position three off his careerbest fourth position attained in May 2019Nicholas Pooran up one place to 32nd Evin Lewis up 10 places to 44th and Darren Bravo up eight places to 99th are the other West Indies players to move up in the batting list after their team won the ICC Mens Cricket World Cup Super League series 30 Fast bowler Alzarri Josephs four wickets see him advance seven places to a careerbest 27th positionFor Sri Lanka Danushka Gunathilaka has gained 20 slots to reach 51st position after scoring 187 runs in the series while PWH de Silva up from 94th to 66th and Lakshan Sandakan up from 124th to 99th are among those to move up the bowlers listIn the mens Test Rankings Hashmatullah Shahidi has entered the top 100 after notching up Afghanistans first Test double century which helped his team beat Zimbabwe by six wickets to level the twomatch series 11 He has rocketed 47 places to 90th positionCaptain Asghar Afghan who scored 164 and shared a fourthwicket partnership of 307 with Hashmatullah has moved up to a careerbest 65th place while legspinner Rashid Khans toil of bowling nearly 100 overs not only earned him returns of four for 138 and seven for 137 but also a reward of nine places to reach 32nd position in the rankingsZimbabwe captain Sean Williams is up to a careerbest 24th place after scoring 151 while followingon his tally of 621 rating points the highest for his country since Brendan Taylor in 2014 Donald Tiripanos knock of 95 in the second innings has helped him progress 22 places to 123rd in the chartsThis 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