India rise to No. 2 in ICC T20I Rankings, Virat Kohli slips to No. 3

Jaydev Unadkat being congratulated by team-mates Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey and KL Rahul (PTI)

Dubai: India captain Virat Kohli lost his pole position in the latest ICC T20 Rankings as his absence due to personal commitments led to loss of 48 ranking points. Meanwhile, India's 3-0 win over Sri Lanka enabled them to move up from their pre-series tally of 119 points to 121 points.

They have leapfrogged England, New Zealand and the West Indies to move from fifth to second position in a list led by Pakistan with 124 points. Kohli, who was at the top with 824 points previously, now has 776 points as he did not take part in the three-match series against Sri Lanka.

As players lose two per cent of their rating points for each T20I missed, Kohli is now behind Australia's Aaron Finch (784) and West Indies opener Evin Lewis (780). India's KL Rahul gained significantly to be placed fourth in the table for his back-to-back half-centuries in the just concluded series.

In the bowlers' list, Jasprit Bumrah not playing the final T20I saw him slip to third place behind Pakistan spinner Imad Wasim and Afghanistan's Rashid Khan.

Among other bowlers, legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal's eight wickets in the series helped him move up 14 slots to reach 16th position while Hardik Pandya (up 40 places to joint 39th) and Kuleep Yadav (up 48 places to 64) have also moved northwards after taking six wickets each.