New Zealand's Colin Munro, Ish Sodhi top latest ICC T20I rankings

New Zealands Ish Sodhi celebrates the wicket of West Indies batsman Andre Fletcher during the third Twenty20 international cricket match between New Zealand and the West Indies at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on January 3 2018 Pic AFPNew Zealands Colin Munro and Ish Sodhi have started the year with a bang after vaulting to the top of the ICC T20I Player Rankings for batsmen and bowlers respectively following stellar performances in the series against the West Indies which recently concluded at Mount Maunganui on Wednesday Munro finished as the leading rungetter in the series with 223 runs at a strikerate of just over 197 including a 53ball 104 in the last match while Sodhi grabbed three wickets including two for 25 in the third T20IMunro for his consistent form has been rewarded with a jump of 11 places which has put him in numberone position for the first time in his career In the process Munro has leapfrogged teammates Kane Williamson who has slipped two places to seventh and Martin Guptill who has conceded one place to drop out of the top10 in 11th position Munro has collected 137 points in the series and now leads secondranked Aaron Finch of Australia by nine points with Indias thirdranked Virat Kohi another eight points behindSodhi in contrast has leaped from 10th to first achieving a personal milestone of topping the bowlers rankings for the first time in his career The wristspinner earned 70 points for his efforts which has put him seven points ahead of secondranked Imad Wasim of Pakistan Afghanistans Rashid Khan is ranked third just two points behind his Asian neighbour Munro is the third New Zealand batsman to surge to the top of the T20I batting table after Brendon McCullum and Guptill while Sodhi is the third Black Caps bowler to rise to the top after Daniel Vettori and Shane BondMunro and Sodhi are also the second New Zealand pair to top the T20I batting and bowling tables at the same time after McCullum and Vettori had simultaneously topped the batting and bowling tables in 2009 and 2010 respectively In the 50over format David Warner and Josh Hazlewood from Australia were the last teammates to sit on top of the batting and bowling tables at the same time while South Africas pair of AB de Villiers and Dale Steyn were the last to occupy the top batting and bowling slots at the same time in Tests Munro said Its a bit of a surprise but one that I think anybody would take Its been a bit of a goal of mine to get up the rankings and to get to the top is pretty specialYeh great to get the treble Its pretty weird actually and its testament to the way weve prepared Ish has been bowling wonderfully in T20 cricket and the team has been going from strength to strength and its testament to the way weve been preparing for series and I think were getting better and better every time Ish Sodhi topped the bowlers rankings for the first time in his careerA delighted Sodhi commentedIm really grateful for the success Ive had and Im stoked to be ranked numberone It hasnt really sunk in just yet but Im sure it will as the days progress Ive been trying to find a really good balance between attacking and defending and I think its getting better and better the more I play I played club cricket with Colin when I was about 15yearsold and he handed me my first premier cricket cap So Im stoked to see him doing what he is doing at the highest levelWeve been a really good T20I side for quite some time now and I think its probably down to how we adapt to conditions and also our leadership the boys have been really good at helping us young players Other players to improve their rankings following the justconcluded series are Windies batsman Andre Fletcher and New Zealand trio of Mitchell Santner Trent Boult and Tim SoutheeFletcher who with a series aggregate of 73 runs was the second most successful batsman has gained 13 places to break into the top50 in 50th position Santner has return to the top10 in sixth place after rising five positions Boult has claimed 13th position after earning four places and Southee has shot up 11 places to 70th after finishing as the leading wickettaker in the series with six wickets There is no change in the top three of the allrounders list which is headed by Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh Glenn Maxwell of Australia and Mohammad Nabi of Afghanistan are ranked second and third respectivelyCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates hereDownload the new midday Android and iOS apps to get updates on all the latest and trending stories on the go