ICC World Twenty20 champion West Indies breathing down India's neck

The West Indies defeated 2010 winner England by four wickets in front of a packed Eden Gardens on Sunday, and has consequently moved ahead of New Zealand in second place. The West Indies is now on 125 points, one point behind India which lost to the eventual champion in Mumbai in the second semi-final on Thursday.

After finishing as the second best side in the tournament, England is now fourth after swapping places with South Africa. New Zealand, which lost to England in the first semi-final in Delhi on Wednesday, has retained its third place at 120 points.

Meanwhile, in the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for T20I Batsmen, India’s Virat Kohli has comfortably defended his number-one position. India’s top-order batsman, who was adjudged player of the tournament leads Australia’s second-ranked Aaron Finch by 86 points. Kohli had entered the home competition leading Finch by 24 points.

England’s Joe Root, who finished as the third leading run-getter behind Tamim Iqbal and Kohli with 249 runs, has broken into the top five for the first time in his career. Root scored 27 not out in the semi-final and 54 in the final, for which he has been rewarded with a jump seven places that has now put him in fourth position.

Marlon Samuels, who won the player of the final award, has also returned to the top 20 in 18th position. The top-order batsman scored eight in the semi-final and 85 not out in the final, which has helped him rise five places to share the position with South Africa’s Quinton de Kock.

England’s Jos Buttler is the other batsman inside the top 25 to improve his ranking. The wicketkeeper/batsman is now in 24th spot after moving up three places.

Batsmen outside the top 25 to head in the right direction include Lendl Simmons of the West Indies (32nd, up by 17 places), New Zealand’s Colin Munro (37th, up by 18 places), Johnson Charles of the West Indies (50th, up by 14 places) and England’s Jason Roy (62nd, up by 33 places).

In the MRF Tyres ICC Player Ranking for T20I Bowlers, India’s pace duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Ashish Nehra have achieved career-best rankings.

Bumrah has vaulted six places to seventh, while Nehra has climbed five places and is now in 11th position.

West Indies’ Samuel Badree is the number-one ranked bowler and he leads fellow wrist-spinner Imran Tahir of South Africa by 50 points, while India’s Ravichandaran Ashwin is in third position, another 28 points behind.

Bowlers outside the top 25 to make an impact in the latest rankings include England’s Chris Jordon (30th, up by 19 places), Adil Rashid of England (51st, up by 29 places) and Andre Russell of the West Indies (58th, up by 18 places).

There is no change in the top five of the all-rounders’ list, which is headed by a retired Shane Watson. He is followed by Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh, Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi, Australia’s Glenn Maxwell and West Indies’ Marlon Samuels.

MRF Tyres ICC T20I Rankings (as on 4 April, after the conclusion of the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016)

Rank   Team              Points (+/-)

1.      India                126 (-1)

2.      West Indies     125 (+7)

3.      New Zealand  120 (+4)

4.      England           115 (+3)

5.      South Africa   115 (-3)

6.      Australia          112 (+1)

7.      Pakistan           107 (-3)

8.      Sri Lanka         105 (-4)

9.      Afghanistan    81 (+4)

10.  Bangladesh     74 (-)

11.  Scotland          59 (+10)

12.  Netherlands     59 (-)

13.  Zimbabwe       57 (-3)

14.  Hong Kong     44 (-5)

15.  UAE                43 (-)

16.  Ireland             39 (-9)

17.  Oman              37 (+5)

MRF Tyres ICC T20I Player Rankings (as on 4 April, after the conclusion of the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016)

Batsmen (top 25)

Rank      (+/-)        Player                   Team     Pts          Avge      S/Rate    HS Rating

   1           ( - )          Virat Kohli            Ind          889         58.60     135         897 v Eng at Edgbaston 2014

   2           ( - )          Aaron Finch          Aus         803         38.96     150         892 v Ban at Mirpur 2014

   3           ( - )          Martin Guptill       NZ          754         34.73     131         793 v SA at Hamilton 2012

   4           (+7)         Joe Root                                Eng         750*!    39.60     139         750 v WI at Kolkata 2016

   5           (-1)          Faf du Plessis        SA           741         37.68     133         843 v Ban at Mirpur 2015

   6           (+1)         K. Williamson       NZ          719         34.53     124         737 v Pak at Hamilton 2016

   7           (-2)          Alex Hales            Eng         713         31.28     134         866 v Ind at Edgbaston 2014

   8           (-2)          Chris Gayle           WI          696         35.32     145         831 v Aus at Colombo (RPS) 2012

   9           (-1)          H. Masakadza     Zim         677         30.28     120         699 v Ban at Khulna 2016

  10         (-1)          M. Shahzad          Afg         674         29.71     136         690 v SA at Mumbai 2016

  11         (-1)          Shane Watson      Aus         664         29.24     145         832 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2012

  12         ( - )          Hashim Amla       SA           646         31.50     129         657 v Eng at Mumbai 2016

  13         (+1)         David Warner       Aus         639         28.15     140         826 v WI at St Lucia 2010

  14         (+1)         T. Dilshan              SL           638         28.98     121         802 v NZ at Colombo (RPS) 2009

  15         (+1)         Sabbir Rahman   Ban        632         30.20     120         644 v Ind at Bengaluru 2016

  16         (+1)         Rohit Sharma       Ind          629         30.76     127         681 v Ban at Mirpur 2016

  17         (-4)          Eoin Morgan        Eng         620         28.55     132         872 v Ind at Old Trafford 2011

  18=       (+5)         Marlon Samuels  WI          619        29.81     121         723 v Ban at Mirpur 2012

                (-1)          Quinton de Kock SA           619         29.68     128         631 v WI at Nagpur 2016

  20         (-1)          JP Duminy            SA           612         38.46     124         713 v NZ at Chittagong 2014

  21         (-1)          Glenn Maxwell     Aus         611!       22.62     154         611 v Ind at Mohali 2016

  22         (-1)          Umar Akmal        Pak         605         26.80     123         709 v Zim at Harare 2011

  23         (-1)          Suresh Raina        Ind          593         29.34     133         776 v Eng at Kolkata 2011

  24         (+3)         Jos Buttler             Eng         575!       26.21     140         575 v WI at Kolkata 2016

  25=       (-1)          Ahmed Shehzad  Pak         553         24.97     114         709 v Ban at Mirpur 2014

                (-1)          Stephan Myburgh               Net          553         26.50     123         585 v NEP at Rotterdam 2015

Bowlers (top 25)

Rank      (+/-)        Player   Team     Pts          Avge      Eco.        HS Rating Ranking

   1           ( - )          Samuel Badree    WI          790         14.70     5.39       855 v Pak at Mirpur 2014

   2           ( - )          Imran Tahir          SA           740!       15.37     6.48       740 v SL at Delhi 2016

   3           ( - )          R. Ashwin              Ind          712         22.14     6.91       765 v SL at Visakhapatnam 2016

   4           ( - )          Shahid Afridi        Pak         674         24.35     6.61       814 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2009

   5           ( - )          Kyle Abbott          SA           671!       22.26     7.96       671 v SL at Delhi 2016

   6           ( - )          Adam Milne         NZ          655*      21.80     7.36       661 v Pak at Mohali 2016

   7           (+6)         Jasprit Bumrah    Ind          646*!    20.84     6.65       646 v WI at Mumbai 2016

   8           ( - )          James Faulkner    Aus         641!       20.29     8.19       641 v Ind at Mohali 2016

   9           ( - )          Mohammad Nabi               Afg         638!       23.95     6.90       638 v WI at Nagpur 2016

  10         (-3)          Ravindra Jadeja  Ind          636         30.75     7.04       651 v Pak at Mirpur 2016

  11=       (+5)         Ashish Nehra        Ind          634!       20.83     7.69       634 v WI at Mumbai 2016

                (-2)          M. McClenaghan NZ          634         25.26     7.70       649 v Aus at Dharamsala 2016

  13         (-2)          Rashid Khan        Afg         633*!    19.78     6.83       633 v WI at Nagpur 2016

  14         (-2)          David Wiese         SA           632*      20.70     7.60       646 v WI at Nagpur 2016

  15         (-2)          Shakib Al Hasan Ban        631         20.32     6.74       672 v Pak at Mirpur 2014

  16         (-1)          Graeme Cremer   Zim         630         16.59     6.72       669 v Ban at Khulna 2016

  17         ( - )          Al-Amin Hossain Ban        612         15.17     7.46       633 v OMA at Dharamsala 2016

  18         ( - )          Hamza Hotak      Afg         604*!    23.26     7.01       604 v WI at Nagpur 2016

  19         ( - )          M. Rahman          Ban        600*!    13.95     5.98       600 v NZ at Kolkata 2016

  20         ( - )          N. Coulter-Nile     Aus         594*!    25.33     8.18       594 v Ind at Mohali 2016

  21         (+1)         Kagiso Rabada    SA           583*      22.63     8.25       595 v WI at Nagpur 2016

  22=       (-2)          N. McCullum        NZ          582         22.03     6.82       709 v Zim at Harare 2011

                (+1)         T. v d Gugten        Net          582*      19.39     6.77       605 v Ban at Dharamsala 2016

  24         ( - )          M. Bukhari           Net          579        18.13     6.64       616 v NEP at Amstelveen 2015

  25=       ( - )          Dawlat Zadran     Afg         574         23.02     7.60       636 v Zim at Sharjah 2016

                ( - )          S. Senanayake     SL           574         19.33     6.35       712 v Eng at The Oval 2014

All-rounders (top 10)

Rank      (+/-)        Player                   Team     Pts          Highest Ranking

   1           ( - )          Shane Watson      Aus         373        557 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2012

   2           ( - )          Shakib Al Hasan Ban        346        408 v Pak at Mirpur 2015

   3           ( - )          Shahid Afridi        Pak         332        413 v NZ at Dubai 2009

   4           ( - )          Glenn Maxwell     Aus         329!       329 v Ind at Mohali 2016

   5           ( - )          Marlon Samuels  WI          288        321 v SL at Mirpur 2014

   6           ( - )          Mohammad Nabi               Afg         274        276 v Eng at Delhi 2016

   7           (+1)         M. Hafeez             Pak         271        441 v SL at Dubai 2013

   8           (+1)         Dwayne Bravo     WI          265        268 v Afg at Nagpur 2016

   9           (-2)          Yuvraj Singh        Ind          263        363 v Aus at Rajkot 2013

  10         ( - )          Angelo Mathews  SL           257        289 v NZ at New Plymouth 2016