Virat Kohli zooms to top in ICC T20 rankings, India remains at No.1

Powered by his marauding knocks in the World Twenty20 so far Indian batsman Virat Kohli today became the topranked batsman in the ICC rankings while India remained static at the No1 spot in the team listKohli who averages 92 after scoring 184 runs in four matches at a strikerate of over 132 had entered the tournament 24 points behind Aaron Finch but has now opened up a 68point advantage over the Australian the ICC said in a statementIn the bowlers table West Indies Samuel Badree has displaced Indian offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin to return to the numberone position Badree has taken six wickets in four matches to date while Ashwin has dropped to third after managing just four wickets in as many matchesFour of the top five sides will feature in the semifinals of the ICC World Twenty20 which will be played in Delhi and Mumbai on Wednesday and Thursday respectivelyWest Indian Samuel Badree has displaced Indian offspinner R Ashwin to return to the numberone position PicPTINumberone ranked India will go head to head with third ranked West Indies in Mumbai on Thursday while in the first semifinal in Delhi on Wednesday secondranked New Zealand will squareoff against fifthranked EnglandIndia have retained their pretournament ranking as well as points while the West Indies have gained two points to move to 120 This means both the former champions who each won three of their four second round matches are now separated by seven pointsIn contrast New Zealand who have been the only unbeaten side in the competition so far have earned six points to rise to 122 and have consequently moved up two places to secondTheir semifinal opponent and 2010 champion England have also collected three points and are now seven points behind on 115 after winning three of their four matchesMeanwhile there has been a reshuffling of the pack in the MRF Tyres ICC T20I Player Rankings as leading performers have been rewarded for their good performancesEnglands Joe Root has rocketed 38 places to careerhigh 11th after scoring 168 runs in four matches at a strikerate of 150 The Yorkshireman has gained 105 points in the tournament to date as he now has Zimbabwes eighthranked Hamilton Masakadza firmly within his sightsMartin Guptill is New Zealands highestranked batsman after the opener has moved up two places to third following his contribution of 125 runs in three matches at a strikerate of over 162West Indies flamboyant Chris Gayle has gained one place and is now ranked sixth after scoring 104 runs in two innings at a stunning strikerate of 208Among the bowlers New Zealands Adam Milne and Indias trio of Ravindra Jadeja Jasprit Bumrah and Ashish Nehra are the bowlers who have made impressive gains and are expected to feature in the final leg of what has been a highlycompetitive tournament to dateMilnes three wickets in three matches have helped him rise six places to sixth Jadejas four wickets in four matches have moved him up three places to seventh Bumrahs three wickets in four matches have lifted him 13 places to 13th and Nehra has leaped 14 places to 16th following his four wickets in as many matchesAustralian Shane Watson has signed off on his T20 career as the numberone ranked allrounder In the batting charts Watson finished in 10th spot up by three places after scoring 96 runs while he has ended up in 29th spot up by five places in the bowlers list after taking five wickets in four matchesAfghanistan who consistently produced solid performances and eventually caused the biggest upset of the tournament to date by defeating the West Indies have seen a number of players head in an upward directionIn the batting table opener Mohammad Shahzad is now eighth up by three places while Asghar Stanikzai is 47th up by six places In the bowlers table Mohammad Nabi is ninth up by 11 places Rashid Khan is 11th up by 68 places and Hamza Hotak is 18th up by 22 placesWhile the team rankings will be updated after each match the player rankings will now be updated after the final of the ICC World Twenty20