ICC Rankings: Shreyas Iyer, Kuldeep Yadav gain after consistent performances in ODI series against SA

Indian batter Shreyas Iyer climbed three spots to reach number 33 and spinner Kuldeep Yadav also jumped five places to enter the top 25 in the latest ICC Mens ODI Players Rankings issued on WednesdayShreyas Iyer finished as the leading runscorer in the recentlyconcluded ODI series against South Africa scoring 191 runs in three matches with a century and fifty Kuldeep Yadav also emerged out of the series as the leading wickettaker with six scalps in three matchesSanju Samson also entered number 93 in the rankings following his good performances in the ODI series He scored 118 runs in three matches which included a valiant 86 in the first ODI which India lostShikhar Dhawan was among the Indians who faced a downgrade Dhawan dropped six places to number 17 along with stars like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma who dropped a bit as well after missing the ODI seriesAlso read India eye another crushing win against Thailand on way to Asia Cup finalIn ICC T20I Rankings New Zealand southpaw Devon Conway emerged into the top five batters climbing above Australias Aaron Finch and Dawid Malan to reach the top five with 760 rating pointsConway is currently the leading rungetter in the ongoing trination series at home against Pakistan and Bangladesh In four innings he has scored 219 runs so far with two halfcenturies and the best score of 70He closely follows the number four batter Aiden Markram of South Africa Mohammad Rizwan Suryakumar Yadav and Babar Azam the topthree batters managed to hold on to their rankingsRizwan started off the triseries with a knock of 78 but failed to make impactful contributions after that The gulf between him and Suryakumar Yadav has reduced to just 15 points and Babar is also 30 points behind his opening partner at the thirdEngland quicks Mark Wood and Reece Tropley moved big in the bowlers rankings with the latter finishing at number 11 with career best of 646 points Wood has also impressed ever since his return from injury climbing 14 spots to reach number 18Wood took 334 in first T20I against Australia and finished with six wickets in sevenmatch series against Pakistan which concluded recently Topley also took two wickets in Perth T20I and is currently Englands leading wickettaker in T20Is this year with total of 17 scalpsBatters Jos Buttler and Alex Hales also made big advances after their 132run stand against Australia in first T20I Buttler jumped four spots to reach number 22 and Alex Hales also moved into the top 100This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever