Career best ranking for Sodhi and Boult

Nov.8 (CRICKETNMORE) - New Zealand bowlers Ish Sodhi and Trent Boult have made noteworthy gains in thelatest ICC T20I Player Rankings  after the three-match series in India, which the home side won 2-1 on Tuesday.

Sodhi’s five wickets in the series have lifted him five places to the top-10 for the first time in his career. Left-arm pace bowler Boult, who grabbed six wickets including a haul of four for 34 in the second match in Rajkot which his side won by 40 runs, has reached a career-best 16th position after moving up 14 slots.

Tim Southee (up five places to 81st) is another New Zealand bowler to move up while opener Colin Munro is a major gainer among batsmen. Munro has gained four places to reach 12th position after scoring 123 runs in the series including an unbeaten 109 in Rajkot.

ICC T20I Bowler Rankings (as of 8 November, after the India-New Zealand series):

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Batsmen (top 20)

Rank      (+/-)         Player                    Team     Pts         

   1           ( - )          Jasprit Bumrah    Ind          724        

   2           ( - )          Imad Wasim         Pak         719        

   3           ( - )          Rashid Khan         Afg          717

   4           ( - )          Samuel Badree   Win         694       

   5           ( - )          Imran Tahir           SA           691        

   6           ( - )          Sunil Narine         Win         676        

   7           ( - )          M. Rahman           Ban         667

   8=        ( - )          Shakib Al Hasan  Ban         661        

                ( - )          James Faulkner   Aus         661        

  10         (+5)         Ish Sodhi               NZ           656

  11         (+1)         Mitchell Santner   NZ           654

  12         (-2)          M. Naveed            UAE        626        

  13         (-2)          Hamza Hotak       Afg          614        

  14         (-1)          Chris Jordan         Eng         605        

  15         (RE)        Adam Milne          NZ           604

  16         (+14)      Trent Boult            NZ           595

  17         (-1)          Adam Zampa       Aus         592

  18         (-1)          Mohammad Nabi                Afg          

  19         (-1)          Ahmed Raza        UAE        578       

  20         (-1)          T.van der Gugten Net          568        

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