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FORMER ICC World Twenty20 champions India missed a chance to wrest back the top position on the MRF Tyres ICC T20I Team Rankings despite defeating Zimbabwe 2-1 in the three-match series in Harare on Wednesday.

India had started the series a fraction of a point behind New Zealand and needed to win the series 3-0 to perch itself at the top of the table.

However, after Zimbabwe pulled off a thrilling two-run victory in the opening match of the series on Saturday, India kissed good-bye to its chances of reclaiming the number one position, which it had surrendered to New Zealand following the annual update on May 4.

The 2-1 series win means India has finished on 128 points, four behind number one ranked New Zealand and six ahead of reigning ICC World Twenty20 champions West Indies.

In contrast, Zimbabwe has lifted from 58 points to 62 after gaining four points despite losing the series. This is because India had entered the series leading 12th ranked Zimbabwe by 66 points. And because the rankings are weighted to reflect this difference, India’s failure to comfortably win the matches has resulted in it dropping points and Zimbabwe earning points.

Meanwhile, in the MRF Tyres ICC T20I Player Rankings, a number of India’s rising stars have made impressive gains in the latest rankings.

In the MRF Tyres ICC Rankings for T20I Bowlers, Jasprit Bumrah has achieved a career-best ranking. The right-arm 22-year-old from Ahmedabad has vaulted six places to second position after claiming five wickets in the series.

This rise means Bumrah has become India’s highest ranked bowler in the shortest format of the game after Ravichandran Ashwin slipped four places to seventh following his decision to miss the series.

Bumrah now has number-one ranked Samuel Badree firmly within his sights. The West Indies wrist spinner leads Bumrah by 46 points.

Bumrah’s team-mate Barinder Sran, who finished the series as the most successful bowler with six wickets, has broken into the rankings in 225th position.

For Zimbabwe, Neville Madzira and Taurai Muzarabani have gained significantly to reach 126th and 148th positions, respectively.

In the MRF Tyres ICC Rankings for T20I Batsmen, Kedar Jadhav has made a huge jump of 181 places to 106th after he finished as the third leading run-getter with 77 runs that included a match-winning 42-ball 58 that helped India to set up a winning score.

Mandeep Singh and Lokesh Rahul have returned to the rankings in 100th and 102nd positions respectively, while other notable movers are Manish Pandey in 152nd (up by 119 places) and Ambati Rayudu 217th (up by 133 places).

For Zimbabwe, Elton Chigumbura has gained 11 places to reach 41st place after scoring 78 runs in the series, including a match-winning 54 in the opening game, while Peter Moor has gained 52 places to reach 110th.

India’s Virat Kohli is the number-one ranked T20I batsman. He is followed by Aaron Finch of Australia and Martin Guptill of New Zealand.

MRF Tyres ICC T20I Team Rankings (as of June 23, after the India-Zimbabwe series)

Rank Team Points

1 New Zealand 132

2 India 128

3 West Indies 122

4 South Africa 119

5 England 114

6 Australia 110

7 Pakistan 104

8 Sri Lanka 98

9 Afghanistan 78

10 Bangladesh 74

11 Netherlands 67

12 Zimbabwe 62

13 Scotland 57

14 UAE 54

15 Ireland 48

16 Oman 37

17 Hong Kong 29

MRF Tyres ICC T20I Player Rankings Batsmen (top 20)

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge SR HS Rating

1 ( – ) V Kohli Ind 837 58.60 135 897 v Eng 2014

2 ( – ) A Finch Aus 803 38.96 150 892 v Ban 2014

3 ( – ) MGuptill NZ 754 34.73 131 793 v SA 2012

4 ( – ) J Root Eng 750*! 39.60 139 750 v WI 2016

5 ( – ) Plessis SA 741 37.68 133 843 v Ban 2015

6 ( – ) K Williamson NZ 719 34.53 124 737 v 2016

7 ( – ) A Hales Eng 713 31.28 134 866 v Ind 2014

8 ( – ) C Gayle WI 696 35.32 145 831 v Aus 2012

9 (+1) Shahzad Afg 674 29.71 136 690 v SA 2016

10 (+1) S Watson Aus 664 29.24 145 832 v SA 2012

11 (-2) Hamilton Zim 657 29.43 120 699 v Ban 2016

12 ( – ) H Amla SA 646 31.50 129 657 v Eng 2016

13 ( – ) DWarner Aus 639 28.15 140 826 v WI at 2010

14 ( – ) Dilshan SL 638 28.98 121 802 v NZ 2009

15 (-) Rahman Ban 632 30.20 120 644 v Ind 2016

16 (+1) Morgan Eng 620 28.55 132 872 v Ind 2011

17 (+1) Marlon WI 619 29.81 121 723 v Ban 2012

18 (+1) de Kock SA 619 29.68 128 631 v WI 2016

19 (+1) Duminy SA 612 38.46 124 713 v NZ 2014

20 (+1) Maxwel Aus 611 22.62 154 611 v Ind 2016

Bowlers (top 20)

Rank (+/-) Player Team Points A vge Eco. Highest Rating

1 ( – ) Badree WI 790 14.70 5.39 855 v 2014

2 (+6) Jasprit Ind 744 18.91 6.34 751 v Zim 2016

3 (-1) I Tahir SA 740 15.37 6.48 740 v SL 2016

4 (-) SNarine WI 685 17.75 5.69 817 v Pak 2013

5 ( – ) S Afridi Pak 674 24.35 6.61 814 v SL 2009

6 (-) Abbott SA 671! 22.26 7.96 671 v SL 2016

7 (-4) Ashwin Ind 670 22.14 6.91 765 v SL 2016

8 (-1) A Milne NZ 655* 21.80 7.36 661 v Pak 2016

9 (-) Faulkner Aus 641! 20.29 8.19 641 v Ind 2016

10 (-) M Nabi Afg 638! 23.95 6.90 638 v WI 2016

11 (+1) McClenaghan NZ 634 25.26 7.70 649 v Aus

12 (+2) R Khan Afg 633*! 19.78 6.8 3 633 v WI 2016

13 (+2) D Wiese SA 632* 20.70 7.60 646 v WI 2016

14 (+2) Al Hasan Ban 631 20.32 6.74 672 v Pak 2014

15 (+3) Al-Amin Ban 612 15.17 7.46 633 v OMA 2016

16 (+3) H Hotak Afg 604*! 23.26 7.01 604 v WI 2016

17 (-) Cremer Zim 602 18.84 6.98 669 v Ban 2016

8 (+2) Rahman Ban 600*! 13.95 5.98 600 v NZ 2016

19 (-8) R Jadeja Ind 599 30.75 7.04 651 v 2016

20 (-8) A Nehra Ind 597 20.83 7.69 634 v WI 2016

All-rounders (top five)

Rank (+/-) Player Team Points Highest Rating

1 (-) S Watson Aus 373 557 v SA 2012

2 (- ) S Al Hasan Ban 346 408 v Pak at Mirpur 2015

3 (-) S Afridi Pak 332 413 v NZ at Dubai 2009

4 (-) G Maxwell Aus 329! 329 v Ind at Mohali 2016

5 (-) MSamuels WI 288 321 v SL at Mirpur 2014