Rohit Sharma moves up to 8th, Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan inch closer to top 10 in T20I rankings - Full list

Virat Kohli's unbeaten 72 in the second T20I of the three-match series against South Africa that ended in a 1-1 draw, has seen him gain one spot and reach 11th in the batting list while Shikhar Dhawan has moved up three places to 13th after scores of 40 and 36.

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New Delhi: Rohit Sharma moved up to world number eight while Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan inched closer to the top 10 spot in the latest ICC Men's T20I Player Rankings released on Wednesday. Afghanistan's Hazratullah Zazai and Scotland's George Munsey have also achieved new highs for their respective teams.

Kohli's unbeaten 72 in the second T20I of the three-match series against South Africa that ended in a 1-1 draw, has seen him gain one spot and reach 11th in the batting list while Dhawan has moved up three places to 13th after scores of 40 and 36.

The latest rankings take into account the India-South Africa series, the Bangladesh tri-series also featuring Afghanistan and Zimbabwe, as well as the Ireland tri-series in which Scotland and the Netherlands were the other teams, said a statement released by the ICC.

Fifth-ranked Zazai's current 727 points are the highest by an Afghanistan batsman in history while 21st-ranked Munsey became the first Scotland batsman to reach 600 points after scoring an unbeaten 127 off just 56 balls against the Netherlands before dropping to 585 at the end of the series.

The series in India also saw South Africa's Quinton de Kock move up from 49th to 30th, his highest position in two years, after scores of 52 and 79 not out. 

Spinner Tabraiz Shamsi has reached the top 20 in the bowlers' list for the first time while Andile Phehlukwayo has achieved a career-best ranking of seventh.

There were also some interesting facts in the Bangladesh tri-series. Captain Hamilton Masakadza retired from international cricket in 22nd place as Zimbabwe's highest-ranked batsman at the time and Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman has moved into the top 10 with seven wickets in the series.

The Ireland series saw the Dutch pair of Ben Cooper and Max O'Dowd achieve their highest rankings at joint 41st among batsmen while Ireland’s Kevin O'Brien has achieved a career-high 459 rating points in batting. Andrew Balbirnie has also progressed from 95th to 53rd in the same list.

Here's a list of the top 10 batsmen 

Rank	(+/-)	Player	Team	Pts	Avge	S/R	Highest rating
1	( - )	Babar Azam	Pak	896!	54.21	129	896 v Eng at Cardiff 2019
2	( - )	G Maxwell	Aus	815 !	34.4	158	815 v India at Bengaluru 2019
3	( - )	Colin Munro	NZ	796	31.91	161	830 v Pak at Dubai 2018
4	( - )	Aaron Finch	Aus	782	37.13	156	900 v Zim at Harare 2018
5	( - )	H Zazai	Afg	727*!	52.22	173	727 v Ban at Chittagong 2019
6	( - )	D'Arcy Short	Aus	715*	32.88	121	756 v UAE at Abu Dhabi 2018
7	(+1)	Fakhar Zaman	Pak	681	25.79	139	842 v Aus at Harare 2018
8=	(+2)	Alex Hales	Eng	664	31.01	137	866 v India at Edgbaston 2014
	(+1)	Rohit Sharma	India	664	32.14	137	718 v WI at Lucknow 2018
10	(-3)	Lokesh Rahul	India	662	42.8	148	854 v Eng at Old Trafford 2018

Other selected rankings

Rank	(+/-)	Player	Team	Pts	Avge	S/R	Highest rating
11	(+1)	Virat Kohli	India	659	50	135	897 v Eng at Edgbaston 2014
13	(+3)	S Dhawan	India	639	27.7	130	685 v NZ at Auckland 2019
21	(+15)	G Munsey	Sco	585	30.12	159	600 v Net at Malahide 2019
27	(+2)	M Nabi	Afg	554	23.05	147	569 v Ban at Mirpur 2019
28	(+6)	R Berrington	Sco	542!	28.67	128	542 v Ire at Malahide 2019
30	(+19)	Q de Kock	SA	540	30.84	129	631 v WI at Nagpur 2016
32=	(+5)	S Al Hasan	Ban	536	23.74	124	618 v Pak at Mirpur 2015
41=	(+5)	Ben Cooper	Net	485	26.1	125	494 v Ire at Malahide 2019
	(+16)	Max O'Dowd	Net	485*	26.65	128	501 v Ire at Malahide 2019
47	(+15)	Kevin O'Brien	Ire	459!	19.21	128	459 v Sco at Malahide 2019

Top 10 bowlers

Rank	(+/-)	Player	Team	Pts	Avge	Eco	Highest rating
1	( - )	Rashid Khan	Afg	757	12.03	6.13	816 v Ban at Dehradun 2018
2	( - )	Imad Wasim	Pak	710	19.53	5.81	780 v WI at Trinidad 2017
3	( - )	Shadab Khan	Pak	706	18.59	6.84	769 v Sco at Edinburgh 2018
4	( - )	Adil Rashid	Eng	702	24.86	7.33	716 v WI at St Kitts 2019
5	( - )	M Santner	NZ	673	20.71	7.1	731 v Pak at Wellington 2018
6	( - )	Adam Zampa	Aus	672!	19.43	6.04	672 v India at Bengaluru 2019
7	(+2)	A Phehlukwayo	SA	668	18.96	7.87	669 v India at Mohali 2019
8	(-1)	S Al Hasan	Ban	663	20.57	6.81	672 v Pak at Mirpur 2014
9	(+29)	M Ur Rahman	Afg	652*!	15.44	5.56	652 v Ban at Chittagong 2019
10	( - )	Faheem Ashraf	Pak	641	21.91	7.35	659 v SA at Cape Town 2019

Other selected rankings

Rank	(+/-)	Player	Team	Pts	Avge	Eco	Highest rating
20=	(+1)	Lasith Malinga	SL	592	19.02	7.22	684 v WI at Colombo (RPS) 2015
	(+13)	T Shamsi	SA	592*!	35.66	7.5	592 v India at Bengaluru 2019
24=	(+5)	Alasdair Evans	Sco	577	17.96	7.13	598 v Net at Malahide 2019
43	(+8)	Sean Williams	Zim	486	30.53	7.28	506 v Afg at Nagpur 2016
50	(+8)	W Sundar	India	476*	22.33	6.23	496 v Ban at Colombo (RPS) 2018
53	(+10)	R Berrington	Sco	467	22.36	7.2	477 v Net at Malahide 2019
54	(-1)	Rohan Mustafa	UAE	459	21.07	7.12	468 v Net at The Hague 2019
55	(+36)	B Hendricks	SA	447*!	17.61	8.3	447 v India at Bengaluru 2019
56	(-2)	Mahmudullah	Ban	437	27.45	7.28	495 v Pak at Mirpur 2014
57=	(+9)	Kagiso Rabada	SA	435	23.14	8.37	595 v WI at Nagpur 2016

(Courtesy: ICC)