Hardik Pandya became number 1 all-rounder, Tilak Verma took a huge leap, ahead of the captain in the ranking.

Sports Desk : India's star all-rounder Hardik Pandya performed brilliantly in the recently concluded four-match T20 series against South Africa. ICC has also given him recognition for his excellent performance. ICC has released the rankings, in which T20I players have again reached number-1 in the list of all-rounders in the rankings.

Pandya performed brilliantly during India's recent series in South Africa, leaving behind England's Liam Livingstone and Nepal's dynamo Deependra Singh Airey. In this series, Pandya performed brilliantly with both bat and ball. His innings of 39* in the second match of the four-match series helped balance India's innings, while his spell of 1/8 in three overs during the decisive fourth match ensured the Indian team's victory. With this victory, the Indian team won the series 3-1.

This is the second time that Pandya has achieved the No. 1 ranking among T20 all-rounders, with the India player having consistently performed well having reached the top spot for the first time at the end of this year's ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Pandya was not the only Indian player to make a big jump in the latest rankings update, with Player of the Series and emerging impressive young batsman Tilak Verma moving up 69 places in the batting charts after scoring 280 runs with the help of his two centuries in the series against South Africa. Took a long jump.

Tilak Verma jumped so long that he directly reached third place. Travis Head is still at number one. He became the highest-ranked batsman for the Indian team after Tilak Verma reached number three. He also left Suryakumar Yadav behind. Captain Suryakumar Yadav has dropped one place to fourth place behind him.

Teammate Sanju Samson – who also scored two centuries during the series with South Africa – has moved up 17 places to 22nd in the same list of T20I batsmen, while Proteas batsman Tristan Stubbs (up three places to 23rd) and Heinrich Klaasen (up six places to 59th) also moved up the rankings.