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NEW DELHI: India's preparations for their T20 World Cup rubric defence person received a large boost with enigma spinner Varun Chakaravarthy entering uncharted territory astatine the apical of the ICC Men's T20I Bowler Rankings.
The right-arm spinner has surged to a career-best standing of 818 points, further consolidating his presumption arsenic the No.1 ranked bowler successful the shortest format.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Chakaravarthy's emergence has been fuelled by his consistently incisive displays successful the ongoing five-match T20I bid against South Africa astatine home. He has picked up six wickets crossed the archetypal 3 matches, signaling 3 successive two-wicket hauls.
His astir impactful effort came successful Dharamsala, wherever figures of 2 for 11 from 4 overs played a decisive relation successful India's emphatic seven-wicket victory.
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With 818 standing points, Chakaravarthy present enjoys a commanding 119-point pb implicit second-placed New Zealand seamer Jacob Duffy, who sits connected 699. The 34-year-old Indian spinner has besides breached into the apical 10 for the champion standing achieved by immoderate T20I bowler successful past — a important milestone that underlines his increasing power astatine the planetary level.
The timing of Chakaravarthy's highest could hardly beryllium amended for India, who are little than 2 months distant from defending the T20 World Cup rubric they clinched successful Barbados past year. With conditions successful the subcontinent expected to assistance spin, Chakaravarthy is shaping up arsenic a cardinal fig successful India's propulsion for back-to-back planetary titles. Highest Bowler Ratings - Men's T20I
| BOWLER | RATING |
| Umar Gul (Pakistan) | 865 |
| Samuel Badree (West Indies) | 864 |
| Daniel Vettori (New Zealand) | 858 |
| Sunil Narine (West Indies) | 832 |
| Rashid Khan (Afghanistan) | 828 |
| Tabraiz Shamsi (South Africa) | 827 |
| Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) | 822 |
| Varun Chakaravarthy (India) | 818 |
| Shadab Khan (Pakistan) | 811 |
| Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka) | 809 |
India person further reasons for optimism connected the bowling front. Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh climbed 4 places to 16th successful the T20I bowler rankings aft his Player of the Match show successful the 3rd T20I against South Africa.
The Proteas, meanwhile, besides made large gains, with Marco Jansen jumping 14 spots to 25th, Lungi Ngidi rising 11 places to 44th, and Ottneil Baartman breaking into the apical 70.
Varun Chakaravarthy (Pic credit: ICC)
India's batting portion has besides made strides. Tilak Varma moved up 2 places to 4th successful the T20I batter rankings pursuing a drawstring of coagulated contributions, joining teammate Abhishek Sharma, who continues to clasp a comfy pb astatine the apical of the list.Elsewhere, Pakistan's Saim Ayub retained his constrictive pb among T20I all-rounders contempt not featuring this week, portion India's Shivam Dube climbed 2 spots to 16th.
Abhishek Sharma (Pic credit: ICC)
