Hooda went undefeated on 41 of 23 pitches, moving up 40 places to 97th, while Kishan took the lead with a quick 37-run knock.
In his latest ICC T20I hitters rankings released on Thursday, the Indian starting pitcher Ishan Kishan moved up 10 places to take him to No. 23 and Deepak Hooda once again entered the top 100.
Both moved up the order after impressive performances in his first T20 international against Sri Lanka on Tuesday in Mumbai. India he won by two runs.
Huda went undefeated on 41 of 23 pitches, moving up 40 places to 97th, while Kishan took the lead with a quick 37-run knock.
Despite rare setbacks in Mumbai, swashbuckling Suryakumar Yadav continued to hold onto the top batsman spot. India’s new T20I captain Hardik Pandya is another to move up the rankings, moving up nine places to 76th among bowlers.
As for Sri Lanka, Wanindu Hasaranga again made a strong contribution against India with his 1/22 figures and the ball helped his right-hander further emerge as the top his T20I bowler.
Hasaranga also scored 21 on the racquet that the 25-year-old moved up two spots to his fifth place on the latest list of all-rounders.
In the batsman’s Test standings, Marnus Labuschagne remains at the forefront of action by a healthy margin despite failing in his Test on his day of boxing against South Africa.
His closest rival and teammate Steve Smith, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam and former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson will all join the 28-year-old Labuschagne. Williamson is another big winner in the recent rankings, and the veteran right-hander moved up two places in the first Test against Pakistan to finish fifth in the top five after five centuries of an illustrious career. I came back to
In bowling, Pat Cummins said he only managed one wicket in Australia’s win over Proteas in the Boxing Day Test, but that still left England veteran James Anderson with a wide 37-point lead.