indian captain Shreyas Iyer Scored a stormy century in the first T20 against West Indies. He scored unbeaten 102 runs in 43 balls, which included 6 sixes and 10 fours. Thanks to his innings, India defeated West Indies by 8 wickets. At the same time, Iyer reached the top-10 in the ICC T-20 rankings. This has happened for the first time in his career.
Shreyas Iyer has reached seventh position in the latest T-20 rankings released by ICC. He has made a huge jump of 18 places. Ishaan Kishan First, Abhishek Sharma is second and Tilak Verma is at number 10.
ICC T-20 batting rankings
- Ishaan Kishan
- Abhishek Sharma
- Sahibzada Farhan
- harry brook
- jos buttler
- dewald brevis
- Shreyas Iyer
- Phil Salt
- Pathum Nissanka
- Tilak Verma
Akshar Patel also took a long jump
Apart from Iyer, Axar Patel also played a big role in India’s victory. He took 2 wickets for 26 runs in 3.1 overs. With this, he has taken a huge jump of 16 places and reached seventh position in the ranking of bowlers. Rashid Khan is present at first and Bumrah at number 10.
ICC T-20 bowling ranking
- Rashid Khan
- Abrar Ahmed
- adam jampa
- adil rashid
- nathan ellis
- jamie overton
- Akshar Patel
- Nasum Ahmed
- Mehndi Hasan
- Jasprit Bumrah
What was the account of the match?
Talking about the match, India won the toss and decided to bowl first. West Indies, batting first, was all out for 171 runs in 19.1 overs despite half-centuries from captain Shai Hope and Sherfane Rutherford. India achieved the target of 172 runs in just 14.4 overs. Sanju Samson scored 11 runs and Abhishek Sharma scored 21 runs. Whereas, Ishan Kishan remained unbeaten after scoring 37 runs. The second match will be played in Ranchi on 9 October.