ICC T20I All Rounder-Rankings: Veteran Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya regained his position as the world's top T20I all-rounder on 20 November 2024, while rising star and his teammate Tilak Verma made a big jump to the top-3 in the latest ICC Men's T20I batting rankings.

Hardik Pandya recently surpassed England's Liam Livingstone and Nepal's Dipendra Singh Airee in the T20I all-rounder rankings on the back of strong form during India's T20I series in South Africa. The 31-year-old Hardik Pandya performed impressively with both the ball and the bat.

Hardik Pandya's unbeaten 39 in the second T20I of the 4-match series between India and South Africa helped balance Team India's innings, while his spell of 1-8 in 3 overs in the fourth match ensured that the Asian team won the series by an impressive 3-1 margin. This is the second time Hardik Pandya has achieved the No. 1 ranking of T20 all-rounders. The Indian player had secured the top spot at the end of this year's ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

Tilak Varma in Top-3

22-year-old young batsman Tilak Verma has made a big jump in the top 10 of the ICC Men's T20I Rankings for batsmen. He has reached the third position, leaving behind 69 players. This means that he is now India's top-rated batsman, while captain Suryakumar Yadav has dropped one place to fourth position. Tilak Verma did a great miracle by scoring centuries in the last two matches of the recent T20 International series against South Africa. Tilak Varma scored 280 runs with the help of two centuries in the India vs South Africa T20 International series.

Spinner Varun Chakravarthy and opener Sanju Samson, who were the heroes of Team India's victory in the South Africa T20 International series, have also benefited in the ICC rankings. Varun Chakravarthy has climbed 36 places to reach the 28th position in the T20 bowlers' rankings. At the same time, Sanju Samson has climbed 17 places to reach the 22nd position in the ranking of batsmen of this format.

In the latest rankings of T20 bowlers, Australian duo Adam Zampa and Nathan Ellis are the biggest gainers, while Indian fast bowler Arshdeep Singh has gained three places to reach the ninth position and has achieved a new highest rating of his career on the basis of his performance against South Africa. The number one bowler in T20 is Adil Rashid.