India pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah will head into the three-match India-New Zealand T20I series on Wednesday as the number one bowler in the MRF Tyres ICC T20I Player Rankings, which were updated after the Pakistan-Sri Lanka and South Africa-Bangladesh series.

Jasprit Bumrah, who attained a career-best third position in the ODI rankings on Monday, has regained the T20I top spot after Pakistan spinner Imad Wasim slipped one place. India captain Virat Kohli, who on Monday edged AB de Villiers to claim top ranking in ODIs, also goes into the New Zealand T20I series as the top-ranked batsman in the format.

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For New Zealand, captain Kane Williamson is the leading batsman at fourth place while left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner is the leading bowler in 12th position.

Meanwhile, South Africa batsman David Miller’s record-breaking 101 not out in Potchefstroom and an aggregate of 126 runs in the series has seen him move up 16 places to 22nd rank while Hashim Amla’s 88 runs have helped him gain five slots to reach seventh position. Other batsmen to move up after these two series are Bangladesh’s Soumya Sarkar (up 19 places to 28th) and Pakistan’s Shoaib Malik (up three places to 26th).

South Africa spinner Aaron Phangiso (up 19 places to 47th) has also made significant gains while Pakistan bowlers Shadab Khan (up 21 places to 40th), Mohammad Aamir (up 21 places to 49th) and Hasan Ali (up 10 places to 63rd) have made good progress.

MRF Tyres ICC T20I Player Rankings (as of 31 October, before the India-New Zealand series):

Batsmen (top 20)

Rank      (+/-)         Player                    Team     Pts         Avge      S/R        Highest Rating

   1          ( – )          Virat Kohli             Ind          811        52.91      136         897 v Eng at Edgbaston 2014

   2          ( – )          Aaron Finch          Aus         784        37.73      148         892 v Ban at Mirpur 2014

   3          ( – )          Evin Lewis            Win         780*!     36.00      155         780 v Eng at Durham 2017

   4          ( – )          Kane Williamson NZ           745        36.29      123         760 v Ban at Napier 2017

   5          (+1)         Glenn Maxwell     Aus         700        28.93      165         763 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2016

   6          (+1)         Alex Hales            Eng         690        32.92      135         866 v Ind at Edgbaston 2014

   7=        (+5)         Hashim Amla       SA           683!       34.51      133         683 v Ban at Potchefstroom 2017

               (+1)         Joe Root                Eng         683        39.10      129         750 v Win at Kolkata 2016

   9=        (-4)          Babar Azam          Pak         664*      46.80      122         713 v ROW at Lahore 2017

               ( – )          M. Shahzad          Afg          664        32.34      137         706 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017

  11         (-1)          H. Masakadza      Zim         657        29.43      120         699 v Ban at Khulna 2016

  12         (-2)          Faf du Plessis       SA           631        36.09      133         843 v Ban at Mirpur 2015

  13         (+1)         Shaiman Anwar   UAE        615        31.12      121         636 v PNG at Abu Dhabi 2017

  14         (+1)         Eoin Morgan         Eng         608        28.65      130         872 v Ind at Old Trafford 2011

  15         (-2)          Sabbir Rahman    Ban         605        27.59      121         650 v NZ at Bay Oval 2017

  16         ( – )          Marlon Samuels  Win         604        30.60      115         723 v Ban at Mirpur 2012

  17         ( – )          Colin Munro          NZ           590        25.04      149         623 v Ban at Bay Oval 2017

  18         ( – )          David Warner       Aus         586        27.35      139         826 v Win at St Lucia 2010

  19         ( – )          Jos Buttler             Eng         579        26.68      139         607 v SL at Southampton 2016

  20         ( – )          Lokesh Rahul       Ind          575*      50.66      149         611 v Eng at Bengaluru 2017

Bowlers (top 20)

Rank      (+/-)         Player                    Team     Pts         Avge     Eco       Highest Rating

   1          (+1)         Jasprit Bumrah    Ind          729        18.02     6.72       764 v Eng at Bengaluru 2017

   2          (-1)          Imad Wasim         Pak         719        20.25     6.01       780 v Win at Trinidad 2017

   3          (+1)         Rashid Khan         Afg          717!       14.35     5.91       717 v Win at St Kitts 2017

   4          (+2)         Samuel Badree    Win         694         17.59     5.79       855 v Pak at Mirpur 2014

   5          (-2)          Imran Tahir           SA           691         15.85     6.80       795 v NZ at Auckland 2017

   6          (+1)         Sunil Narine          Win         676         20.68     6.02       817 v Pak at St. Vincent 2013

   7          (-2)          M. Rahman           Ban         667*      14.92     6.16       695 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2017

   8=        (+1)         Shakib Al Hasan  Ban         661         20.65     6.79       672 v Pak at Mirpur 2014

               ( – )          James Faulkner   Aus         661         19.00     7.96       688 v SL at Adelaide 2017

  10         ( – )          M. Naveed            UAE        626        17.27     6.06       632 v Afg at Dubai (GCA) 2016

  11         ( – )          Hamza Hotak       Afg          614        24.68     6.75       627 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017

  12         ( – )          Mitchell Santner   NZ           613*!     16.35     6.65       613 v SA at Auckland 2017

  13         ( – )          Chris Jordan         Eng         605         26.19     8.73       628 v Ind at Nagpur 2017

  14         ( – )          Graeme Cremer  Zim         602         18.84     6.98       669 v Ban at Khulna 2016

  15         ( – )          R. Ashwin              Ind          601        22.94     6.97       765 v SL at Visakhapatnam 2016

  16         ( – )          Ish Sodhi               NZ           593*      14.47     6.80       605 v Ban at Bay Oval 2017

  17         ( – )          Adam Zampa       Aus         592*!     14.81     5.92       592 v Ind at Guwahati 2017

  18         ( – )          Mohammad Nabi Afg          579         25.20     7.23       638 v Win at Nagpur 2016

  19         ( – )          Ahmed Raza         UAE        578 !      38.50     6.56       578 v PNG at Abu Dhabi 2017

  20         ( – )          Van Der Gugten   Net         568        21.16     6.97       605 v Ban at Dharamsala 2016