Kohli attains career-best second in T20I batting

While Kohli moved up a place to career-best second in the batting table, Ashwin rose three places to a best-ever third position in the bowlers’ list.

The latest rankings update, released a day after Sri Lanka beat India in the final of the tournament in Mirpur, reflects the performances in the semi-finals and final.

Kohli, named player of the tournament, ended as the highest run-getter of the tournament with 319 runs at an average of 106.33 and a strike-rate of 129.14. He scored an unbeaten 72 in the semi-final against South Africa and followed it up with a knock of 77 in the final against Sri Lanka.

These efforts helped Kohli gain 68 ratings points to move up to a best-ever 889 ratings points, just three behind number-one ranked Australia batsman Aaron Finch.

The only other India batsman in the top 10 is Suresh Raina, now in tenth place (down by three).

Sri Lanka’s Kusal Perera, in fifth, is the only batsman from his side in the top 10.

South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has entered the top 10 for the first-time ever and is now in sixth place (up by 11). Close on his heels is teammate JP Duminy, in seventh place (up by one).

The other batsmen to move upwards outside the top 20 are Hashim Amla in 22nd place (up by two), Rohit Sharma in 26th (up by one), Dwayne Bravo in 29th (up by two), Angelo Mathews in 41st (up by six), Dwayne Smith in 47th (up by one), David Miller in 59th (up by two), Thisara Perera in 67th (up by three) and Ajinkya Rahane in 85th (up by four).

Meanwhile, India off-spinner Ashwin now shares the third position on the bowlers’ table with Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal.

Ashwin finished with 11 wickets in the tournament at an average of 11.27 and an economy rate of 5.35 runs per over. Ashwin ended as the fourth highest wicket-taker in the tournament. He had spells of three for 22 in the semi-final against South Africa and one for 29 in the final against Sri Lanka. These efforts helped him gain 25 ratings points to end at a best-ever 711.

The bowlers’ list is still headed by West Indies' Samuel Badree with teammate Sunil Narine in second place.

The only other positive movements inside the top 20 were that of Lasith Malinga and Imran Tahir. While Sri Lanka captain Malinga moved up three places to 13th, South Africa's leg-spinner Tahir entered the top 20 for the first-time ever as he rose four places to a best-ever 17th.

Outside the top 20, the bowlers to move up are Marlon Samuels in 35th (up by five), Bhuvneshwar Kumar in 54th (up by 10), Amit Mishra in 60th (up by 14), Rangana Herath in 70th (up by 31) and JP Duminy in 92nd (up by five).

Jayawardena and Sangakkara sign off on T20I career

Sri Lanka’s senior pair of Mahela Jayawardena and Kumar Sangakkara signed off on their international T20 careers at the end of the ICC World Twenty20 2014.

Jayawardena finished in 12th place on the batting table (down two) and Sangakkara, man of the match in the final for his unbeaten knock of 52, ended at 17th place (up by one).

For Jayawardena the highest position he ever reached on the batting table was number two in March 2013. On the other hand, Sangakkara’s best-ever ranking was the third position he attained in December 2009.

To find out exactly how the forthcoming series will affect the Rankings Table, please click here. The ODI and T20I Rankings tables, unlike the Test Rankings Table, are updated after every match.

Sri Lanka reclaimed the number-one position on the Reliance ICC T20I Team Rankings Table, after it beat India in the final to win the tournament for the first-time ever.

Sri Lanka gained three ratings points to finish on 133, three ahead of India, to move into the top position.

Before the semi-finals began, India had gone past Sri Lanka to become the number-one ranked side.  The final therefore was also a contest for either side to reclaim or retain the top spot.

There was no other change inside the top ten at the end of the tournament.

Reliance ICC T20I Team Rankings (as of 6 April after the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014)

Rank    (+/-)   Team                          Rating     (+/-)

1            (+1)    Sri Lanka                   133           (+3)

2            (-1)     India                           130           (-)

3             (-)      Pakistan                     120            (-)          

4             (-)     South Africa               118            (-1)

5            (-)      West Indies                 114           (-1)

6                      Australia                     110         

7                      New Zealand             107         

8                      England                      101       

9                     Ireland                          85       

10                    Bangladesh                  71       

11                    Afghanistan                 66        

12                    Netherlands                62      

13                    Zimbabwe                   50     

14                    Scotland                      50

15                    Kenya                          42

16                    Canada                           2

(Developed by David Kendix)

Reliance ICC Player Rankings for T20Is (as of 6 April after the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014)

Batsmen

Rank     (+/-)       Player               Team       Pts          Ave      S/R       HS Rating

   1           ( - )          Aaron Finch          Aus         892!       41.25     157         892 v Ban at Mirpur 2014

   2           (+1)         Virat Kohli            Ind          889!       45.30     130         889 v SL at Mirpur 2014

   3           (-1)          Alex Hales            Eng         834         36.76     136         851 v SA at Chittagong 2014

   4           ( - )          B McCullum         NZ          777         35.85     135         849 v Ban at Pallekele 2012

   5           ( - )          Kusal Perera         SL           725*      30.05     134         751 v SA at Chittagong 2014

   6           (+11)      F du Plessis            SA           714*!    34.56     126         714 v Ind at Mirpur 2014

   7           (+1)         JP Duminy            SA           698         37.27     124         713 v NZ at Chittagong 2014

   8           (+3)         Ahmed Shehzad  Pak         684         27.75     122         709 v Ban at Mirpur 2014

   9           (+3)         David Warner       Aus         681         28.38     139         826 v WI at St Lucia 2010

  10         (-3)          Suresh Raina        Ind          679         32.92     136         776 v Eng at Kolkata 2011

  11         (-3)          Chris Gayle           WI          671         32.60     136         831 v Aus at Colombo (RPS) 2012

  12=       (-2)          M Jayawardena   SL           670         31.76     133         785 v Aus at Pallekele 2011

                (-6)          Yuvraj Singh        Ind          670         31.22     145         793 v SA at St Lucia 2010

  14         ( - )          T Dilshan               SL           657         29.04     119         802 v NZ at Colombo (RPS) 2009

  15         (-2)          H Masakadza      Zim         650         27.76     114         685 v Ban at Bulawayo 2013

  16         (-1)          Martin Guptill       NZ          648         31.82     122         793 v SA at Hamilton 2012

  17         (+1)         K Sangakkara      SL           641         31.40     120         763 v WI at Barbados 2010

  18         (-2)          Umar Akmal        Pak         633         27.75     122         709 v Zim at Harare 2011

  19         ( - )          Shane Watson      Aus         621         26.85     146         832 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2012

  20         (+1)         Eoin Morgan        Eng         613         28.94     130         872 v Ind at Old Trafford 2011

Selected rankings

Rank     (+/-)       Player               Team       Pts          Ave      S/R       HS Rating

  21         (-1)          Marlon Samuels  WI          612         29.78     122         723 v Ban at Mirpur 2012

  22         (+2)         Hashim Amla       SA           611!       25.00     122         611 v Ind at Mirpur 2014

  26         (+1)         Rohit Sharma       Ind          578!       30.79     126         578 v SL at Mirpur 2014

  29         (+2)         Dwayne Bravo     WI          542         26.64     120         552 v Pak at St. Vincent 2013

  30         (-2)          Lendl Simmons    WI          532         25.00     112         546 v Pak at Mirpur 2014

  35         (-1)          MS Dhoni              Ind          507         32.88     115         515 v Aus at Mirpur 2014

  37         ( - )          AB de Villiers        SA           498         22.37     125         571 v WI at Antigua 2010

  41         (+6)         Angelo Mathews  SL           489         25.42     119         493 v WI at Mirpur 2014

  47         (+1)         Dwayne Smith     WI          465*!    19.37     125         465 v SL at Mirpur 2014

  48         (-2)          Quinton de Kock SA           458*      27.92     115         514 v SL at Chittagong 2014

  59         (+2)         David Miller          SA           404*!    25.93     130         404 v Ind at Mirpur 2014

  67         (+3)         Thisara Perera      SL           372*!    31.92     149         372 v Ind at Mirpur 2014

  73         (-1)          Darren Sammy    WI          348*      17.14     149         352 v Pak at Mirpur 2014

  79         ( - )          Albie Morkel         SA           317*      21.18     142         477 v NZ at Barbados 2010

  85         (+4)         Ajinkya Rahane  Ind          298*      22.80     116         317 v SA at Mirpur 2014

Bowlers

Rank     (+/-)      Player                 Team      Pts           Ave      Econ      HS Rating

   1           ( - )          Samuel Badree    WI          846         14.36     5.45       855 v Pak at Mirpur 2014

   2           ( - )          Sunil Narine          WI          805         17.44     5.72       817 v Pak at St. Vincent 2013

   3=        ( - )          Saeed Ajmal         Pak         711         17.54     6.34       788 v NZ at Pallekele 2012

                (+3)         R Ashwin               Ind          711         27.72     7.21       717 v SA at Mirpur 2014

   5           ( - )          S Senanayake      SL           709*!    15.22     5.26       709 v Ind at Mirpur 2014

   6           (-2)          Mitchell Starc       Aus         689!       19.12     6.80       689 v Ban at Mirpur 2014

   7           ( - )          N McCullum         NZ          677         20.75     6.77       709 v Zim at Harare 2011

   8           ( - )          N Kulasekara       SL           661         22.24     7.19       676 v Aus at Melbourne 2013

   9=        ( - )          Shahid Afridi        Pak         660         22.61     6.48       814 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2009

                ( - )          M Hafeez              Pak         660         23.80     6.59       689 v Zim at Harare 2013

  11         ( - )          Shakib Al Hasan Ban        659         18.93     6.49       672 v Pak at Mirpur 2014

  12         ( - )          Prosper Utseya     Zim         647         29.04     6.58       667 v Pak at Harare 2013

  13         (+3)         Lasith Malinga     SL           644         21.64     7.25       680 v Eng at Bristol 2011

  14         (-2)          Dale Steyn            SA           638         15.98     6.45       688 v WI at Antigua 2010

  15         (-1)          George Dockrell   Ire           637         16.33     6.21       668 v Zim at Sylhet 2014

  16         (+1)         Majid Haq            Sco         628         16.85     6.29       643 v Net at Dubai (GCA) 2013

  17         (+4)         Imran Tahir          SA           622*!    12.42     5.80       622 v Ind at Mirpur 2014

  18         ( - )          Abdur Razzak      Ban        613         19.04     6.88       661 v Ire at Belfast 2012

  19         (-5)          Ajantha Mendis   SL           612         14.42     6.45       762 v WI at Colombo (RPS) 2012

  20         (-1)          M Bukhari            Net          611!       20.78     6.88       611 v Eng at Chittagong 2014

Selected Rankings

Rank     (+/-)      Player                 Team      Pts           Ave      Econ      HS Rating

  23         ( - )          Angelo Mathews  SL           576         27.43     6.77       645 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2013

  28         (-3)          Ravindra Jadeja  Ind          552         38.00     7.19       579 v SA at Mirpur 2014

  35         (+5)         Marlon Samuels  WI          525!       28.36     7.77       525 v SL at Mirpur 2014

  36         (-1)          Wayne Parnell      SA           522         23.82     8.00       526 v Eng at Chittagong 2014

  52         ( - )          Darren Sammy    WI          469         22.90     7.01       686 v Eng at The Oval 2011

  54         (+10)      B Kumar               Ind          468*!    17.54     6.22       468 v SL at Mirpur 2014

  58         (-3)          Dwayne Bravo     WI          455         29.48     8.38       481 v Eng at Barbados 2014

  60         (+14)      Amit Mishra         Ind          450*!    15.27     6.46       450 v SL at Mirpur 2014

  69         (-4)          Thisara Perera      SL           414         26.36     8.44       453 v Ban at Chittagong 2014

  70         (+31)      Rangana Herath  SL           412*!    14.50     5.89       412 v Ind at Mirpur 2014

  92         (+5)         JP Duminy            SA           351*!    24.92     7.72       351 v Ind at Mirpur 2014

All-rounders

Rank    (+/-)        Player                 Team       Pts        HS Rating

   1           ( - )          M Hafeez              Pak         400        441 v SL at Dubai 2013

   2           ( - )          Shakib Al Hasan Ban        393!       393 v Aus at Mirpur 2014

   3           ( - )          Shane Watson      Aus         343        557 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2012

   4           (+1)         Shahid Afridi        Pak         327        413 v NZ at Dubai 2009

   5           (-1)          Yuvraj Singh        Ind          323/*    363 v Aus at Rajkot 2013