ICC T20 rankings: Sri Lanka replace India as no 1 team but Kohli, Ashwin rise

Dubai India lost their number one status to Sri Lanka after being defeated in the World Twenty20 final but star batsman Virat Kohli and spinner R Ashwin today attained careerhigh positions of second and third respectively in the latest ICC rankings issued hereIndia pair of Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin has attained careerbest rankings at the end of the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014 in the latest Reliance ICC Player Rankings for T20I batsmen and Reliance ICC Player Ranking for T20I bowlers respectively the ICC said in a statementSri Lanka reclaimed the numberone position on the Reliance ICC T20I Team Rankings Table after it beat India in the final to win the tournament for the firsttime ever Sri Lanka gained three ratings points to finish on 133 three ahead of India to move into the top position the ICC statedSri Lankan cricket players Pic AFPBefore the semifinals began India had gone past Sri Lanka to become the numberone ranked side The final therefore was also a contest for either side to reclaim or retain the top spot Kohli named player of the tournament ended as the highest rungetter of the tournament with 319 runs at an average of 10633 and a strikerate of 12914 He scored an unbeaten 72 in the semifinal against South Africa and followed it up with a knock of 77 in the final against Sri Lanka These efforts helped Kohli gain 68 ratings points to move up to a bestever 889 ratings points just three behind numberone ranked Australia batsman Aaron FinchThe only other India batsman in the top 10 is Suresh Raina now in 10th place down by three Sri Lankas Kusal Perera in fifth is the only batsman from his side in the top 10 South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has entered the top 10 for the firsttime ever and is now in sixth place up by 11 Close on his heels is teammate JP Duminy in seventh place up by oneThe other batsmen to move upwards outside the top 20 are Hashim Amla in 22nd place up by two Rohit Sharma in 26th up by one Dwayne Bravo in 29th up by two Angelo Mathews in 41st up by six Dwayne Smith in 47th up by one David Miller in 59th up by two Thisara Perera in 67th up by three and Ajinkya Rahane in 85th up by fourMeanwhile India offspinner Ashwin now shares the third position on the bowlers table with Pakistans Saeed Ajmal Ashwin finished with 11 wickets in the tournament at an average of 1127 and an economy rate of 535 runs per over Ashwin ended as the fourth highest wickettaker in the tournament He had spells of three for 22 in the semifinal against South Africa and one for 29 in the final against Sri Lanka These efforts helped him gain 25 ratings points to end at a bestever 711The bowlers list is still headed by West Indies Samuel Badree with teammate Sunil Narine in second place The only other positive movements inside the top 20 were that of Lasith Malinga and Imran Tahir While Sri Lanka captain Malinga moved up three places to 13th South Africas legspinner Tahir entered the top 20 for the firsttime ever as he rose four places to a bestever 17thOutside the top 20 the bowlers to move up are Marlon Samuels in 35th up by five Bhuvneshwar Kumar in 54th up by 10 Amit Mishra in 60th up by 14 Rangana Herath in 70th up by 31 and JP Duminy in 92nd up by fiveMeanwhile Sri Lankas senior pair of Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara signed off on their international T20 careers at the end of the ICC World Twenty20 2014 Jayawardene finished in 12th place on the batting table down two and Sangakkara man of the match in the final for his unbeaten knock of 52 ended at 17th place up by oneFor Jayawardene the highest position he ever reached on the batting table was number two in March 2013 On the other hand Sangakkaras bestever ranking was the third position he attained in December 2009