Vaibhav Sooryavanshi gains massive in ICC T20I Rankings for batters, Shubman Gill reclaims top spot in 50-over format

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi jumped a massive 230 places in the latest ICC T20I Rankings for batters after his Player of the Series show against Zimbabwe. Having made his senior India debut against England, Sooryavanshi overcame initial hiccups to register two half-centuries in his first six international games, both of which came against Zimbabwe.

The 15-year-old was named Player of the Series after scoring 151 runs at an average of 50.33 during India's 3-0 T20I series win over Zimbabwe in Harare. In the latest T20I rankings for batters, Sooryavanshi sits at 48th with 536 rating points in the list, led by fellow India teammate Ishan Kishan.

Kishan reached a career-best 916 points after scoring 81 in the second T20I against Zimbabwe. Abhishek Sharma dropped a place to be third while Tilak Varma rose two places to sixth in the top 10, while T20I skipper Shreyas Iyer jumped seven places to 24th.

"Sooryavanshi's rating of 536 points is well adrift of his more experienced teammates, but Kishan can now boast of having a better career batter rating than more accomplished Indian players like Suryakumar Yadav (912) and Virat Kohli (909)," the ICC said in a statement.

Among the bowlers, leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi gained 31 positions to move to 41st in the list of T20I bowlers but Varun Chakravarthy, who missed the Zimbabwe tour due to an injury, dropped three places but remained in the top 10 rankings. Chakravarthy is only Indian in the top 10.

Shubman Gill dethrones Daryll Mitchell

India captain Shubman Gill on Wednesday reclaimed the No. 1 spot in ICC rankings for batters in ODI cricket. Gill has replaced New Zealand batting mainstay Daryl Mitchell at the top spot in the ODI chart. Mitchell had held the top spot since January this year.

Fellow Indians Rohit Sharma (fourth) and Virat Kohli (third) remained at their places in the latest ODI Rankings. In fact, the swap of places between Gill and Mitchell was the only change top 10 of the ODI rankings. Zimbabwe's Ryan Burl rose six positions to reach 85th in rankings for batters while Blessing Muzarabani jumped 10 spots among bowlers.

In Tests rankings, West Indies' Justin Greaves was also rewarded for his impressive showing against Pakistan in the first Test. Greaves recorded five consecutive wicket-maidens in Tarouba as the West Indies beat Pakistan by 90 runs to take an unassailable 1-0 lead in the series.

Greaves rose 21 spots to move to the 48th position among Test bowlers, and ninth in the list of all-rounders in the longest format. Jayden Seales moved up to the 24th position while Pakistan's Mohammad Abbas, who also recorded a five-for, jumped to the 17th spot.

Babar Azam reached 15th after his unbeaten fifty in the second innings.