Hardik Pandya reached number-1 in ICC all-rounder rankings: Tilak jumped 69 places

Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya has become the world number-1 all-rounder in the latest ICC rankings. He has overtaken England's Liam Livingstone. At the same time, Tilak Verma, who scored two consecutive centuries in the T20 series against South Africa, has made a long jump of 69 places in the batsmen's rankings. Now he has reached the third position.

Off-spinner Varun Chakraborty has gained 36 places and opener Sanju Samson has gained 17 places. Varun has reached 28th in the bowling rankings and Sanju has reached 22nd in the batsman rankings. There are 3 Indians in the top-10 of the T20 batsman rankings - Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav and Yashasvi Jaiswal. At the same time, two Indians Arshdeep Singh and Ravi Bishnoi are in the top-10 in the bowling rankings.

Hardik surpassed Livingstone

Position	Team	Player	Rating	Career Best Rating
1	India	Hardik Pandya	244	266 vs West Indies at Guyana 2023
2	Nepal	Dipendra Singh Airee	231	241 vs USA at Dallas 2024
3	England	Liam Livingstone	230	259 vs West Indies at Barbados 2024
4=	Australia	Marcus Stoinis	209	232 vs Namibia at Antigua 2024
4=	Sri Lanka	Wanindu Hasaranga	209	239 vs Afghanistan at Dambulla 2024

All-rounder Hardik Pandya recently played an unbeaten innings of 39 runs in the second match of the T20 series against South Africa. While in the fourth T20 match, he took 1 wicket for 8 runs. Due to which he became the number-1 all-rounder in T20 International cricket.

He left behind England's Liam Livingstone and Nepal's Dipendra Singh Airee. This is the second time that Hardik Pandya has reached the top of the all-rounder rankings. He achieved the number one position for the first time after the T20 World Cup this year.

Tilak Verma gains 69 places

Position	Team	Player	Rating	Career Best Rating
1	Australia	Travis Head	855	884 vs Scotland at Edinburgh 2024
2	England	Phil Salt	828	860 vs West Indies at Barbados 2024
3	India	Tilak Varma	806	806 vs South Africa at Johannesburg 2024
4	India	Suryakumar Yadav	788	910 vs New Zealand at Ranchi 2023
5	Pakistan	Babar Azam	742	896 vs England at Cardiff 2019

Tilak scored back to back centuries in the 4-match T20 series against South Africa. He scored a total of 280 runs in the series. He is the most successful batsman from India in the current batsmen's rankings. Tilak has reached the third position with a career best rating of 806. At the same time, captain Suryakumar Yadav has lost one place and now he has slipped to number four.

Sanju Samson jumps 17 places

Indian wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson scored a century in the first and fourth matches against South Africa. Which has benefited him in the T20 rankings. Sanju has made a long jump of 17 places in the batsmen ranking, and he has reached the 22nd position.

At the same time, Tristan Stubbs and wicketkeeper Klaasen have gained 3 and 6 places. Stubbs has come to 23rd and Klaasen to 59th position.

Mahish Theekshana at sixth place

Sri Lanka defeated the Kiwi team 2-0 in the recent series against New Zealand. Sri Lankan team spinner Mahish Theekshana is at the fifth position. Adam Zampa has gained five places and has reached the third position. India's pacer Arshdeep Singh has gained 3 places. He has come to 9th position.

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