Axar and Yashaswi make huge leap into top 10 of ICC T20I rankings after performance vs AFG

After stunning performances against Afghanistan, Axar Patel and Yashasvi Jaiswal made a huge leap in the latest ICC men's T20I player rankings.

New Delhi: After two excellent performances against Afghanistan in the ongoing series, Indian left-arm spinner Axar Patel on Wednesday jumped to a career-best fifth place, while opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal rose to sixth in the latest ICC T20I men's player rankings.

Patel's returns of two for 23 and two for 16 in India's identical six-wicket wins over Afghanistan in the first two T20Is of their three-match series have also moved him up two places to 16th among all-rounders.

Jaiswal's 34-ball 68 in the first T20I in Indore took him seven places to a career-best sixth position, while fellow left-hander Shivam Dube's consecutive unbeaten knocks of 60 and 63 helped him rocket up from 265th to 58th.

Batsman Shubman Gill moved up seven places to 60th, while left-handed batsman Tilak Verma gained three places to joint 61st, while left-handed pacer Arshdeep Singh rose four places to 21st.

Among the Afghans, Najibullah Zadran (up one place to 46th) and Mohammad Nabi (up two places to 54th) rose in the batting rankings.

New Zealander Finn Allen, whose two innings of 34 off 15 and 74 off 41 against Pakistan helped him reach 16th among batters. His teammate Tim Southee, who took six wickets in the first two matches, is eight places higher to 18th in the bowlers' list.

Pakistan star Babar Azam moves up one place to fourth after two consecutive half-centuries against New Zealand.

In the bowling rankings, Sri Lanka spinners Wanindu Hasaranga and Maheesh Theekshana were tied for third.

Pakistani fast bowler Haris Rauf's five-wicket haul in two matches against the Kiwis has moved him up two places to joint 14th.