ENGLAND PLAYERS ADVANCE IN ICC MEN’S T20I PLAYER RANKINGS AS GILL CLOSES GAP ON MITCHELL FOR NUMBER ONE ODI BATTER IN ODI RANKINGS 

• Brook leaps 12 slots from 19th to career-best seventh to enter the top 10 of the ICC Men’s T20I Batting Rankings as Buttler moves one place to sixth 

• Archer advances eight places to re-enter the top 20 in 18th position on the bowlers’ list 

• Gill gains 12 rating points to narrow the gap to top spot in Men’s ODI Batting Rankings

Harry Brook stars among England’s players who have made significant gains in the ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings following their successful 4-0 home series victory over India. The England skipper leaped 12 slots to enter the top 10 for the first time and reach a career-best seventh position. 

His success comes after adding 229 runs in four matches, including an unbeaten 95 from 45 deliveries in the final match of the series in Southampton where he was named the Player of the Series. 

Jos Buttler scored 131 runs in the last match to move him up one slot to sixth place, while Jofra Archer advanced eight places to joint 18th in the bowlers’ list after taking seven wickets in the four matches.  

India’s captain Shreyas Iyer rocketed 62 spots to 31st in the batting rankings after scoring 218 runs in the series, including an unbeaten 80 off 49 balls in the fourth match. 

In the Men’s ODI Player Rankings, India captain Shubman Gill struck 80 runs before retiring hurt with cramp as India won the three-match series opener by six wickets at Edgbaston on Tuesday. His innings saw him gain 12 rating points, moving to 803 points, which is 11 behind New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell at number one. 

Gill’s team-mates Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are still in third and fourth place respectively, while England’s Joe Root jumped six places to joint 12th after scoring 76 not out at a run a ball.  

In Harare, Zimbabwe won their series against Bangladesh 2-1 and Ben Curran’s unbeaten 111 in the series-clinching win in the second match helped him gain 31 places to 34th among the batters this week. 

His side might have ended up on the losing end, but Tanzid Hasan’s innings of 57 and 94 in the last two matches pushed him up 12 places and he now is at a career-best 25th. 

In Guyana, Keacy Carty’s innings of 95 led the West Indies to a seven-wicket win in the first ODI against New Zealand and enabled him to move back into the top 20 in 19th place.   

With the ball, Shoriful Islam’s four wickets for 44 in the third ODI against Zimbabwe moved him into the world’s top 15 for the first time. He is one slot ahead of Gudakesh Motie (16th), who enjoyed his home pitches in Guyana and gained six places from last week. 

Finally, Shoriful’s team-mate Taskin Ahmed advanced seven slots to a career-high 21st place after taking two wickets in each of the three ODIs in Harare. 

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