Hardik Pandya became the number-1 all-rounder

 Hardik Pandya became the number-1 all-rounder, Tilak Verma also got a bumper benefit in ICC Rankings; see the latest ranking

ICC Rankings Hardik Pandya has surpassed England's Liam Livingstone and Nepal's Dipendra Singh Airee to take the top spot in the T20I all-rounder rankings. Hardik made significant contributions with both bat and ball in the four-match T20I series against South Africa and he has received this big reward for his performance.

HIGHLIGHTS

1.Hardik Pandya became the number-1 all-rounder of T2OI

2.Hardik snatched the number-1 crown from Livingston

3.Tilak Varma made a long jump of 69 places

Sports Desk, New Delhi. ICC T20I Rankings: Indian team's star all-rounder Hardik Pandya once again secured the first position in the ICC T20I all-rounder rankings. Hardik Pandya defeated Liam Livingstone and claimed the number-1 tag.

Apart from him, young batsman Tilak Verma made his entry in the top-10. Tilak Verma scored two consecutive centuries in the T20 International series against South Africa, after which he got a huge advantage in the ranking. Tilak Verma has made a huge jump of 69 places.

ICC Rankings: Hardik Pandya becomes number-1 T20I all-rounder

In fact, Hardik Pandya has overtaken England's Liam Livingstone and Nepal's Dipendra Singh Airee to take the top spot among T20I all-rounders. Hardik made significant contributions with both bat and ball in the four-match T20I series against South Africa and he has received this big reward for his performance.

Let us tell you that the Indian team defeated South Africa 3-1 in the four-match T20I series. Hardik Pandya played an important role in this victory, who scored an unbeaten 39 runs in the second match. These runs came at a time when Team India was in a difficult situation. However, India lost that match.

Subsequently, his economical spell of 1/8 in three overs in the last T20I match ensured a series win for India. After this performance, he has secured the first position of T20I all-rounder for the second time.

Tilak Varma jumped 69 places in ICC Rankings

Tilak Verma performed brilliantly with the bat against South Africa. Tilak Verma was awarded the Player of the Series after the India-South Africa T20I series. Tilak hit two centuries with the bat and scored 280 runs in the entire series. Tilak Verma got the benefit of his strong performance in this series. In the ICC rankings, Tilak Verma jumped 69 places and reached the third position. Phil Salt is at the second position in the T20 International Batsmen Ranking, while Australia's Travis Head is at the first position.

These players including Sanju Samson also benefited in ICC Rankings

Indian team's wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson scored two centuries in the T20I series against South Africa, after which he has climbed 17 places to reach 22nd position in the batsmen rankings, while Tristan Stubbs (up three places to 23rd) has reached. Apart from this, Heinrich Klaasen (up six places to 59th position) has also reached. Dailymintz

In the T20I batsmen's list, Sri Lanka right-hander Kusal Mendis (jumped three places to 12th) and West Indies hard-hitter Shai Hope (jumped 16 places) have moved up to 21st, while Australian allrounder Marcus Stoinis has also gained, moving up 10 places to 45th after his recent half-century against Pakistan.