Rohit Sharma moved up a place to world number eight in the latest ICC T20 Rankings for batsmen, released in Dubai yesterday. Rohit is tied at the eighth spot with England’s Alex Hales. Both batsmen have 664 points. India skipper Virat Kohli gained one spot and reached 11th in the list while opener Shikhar Dhawan moved up three places to 13th.
In the T20 team rankings, India are placed fourth, South Africa 3rd and England 2nd. Pakistan tops the list. The latest rankings take into account the India-South Africa series, the Bangladesh tri-series featuring Afghanistan and Zimbabwe, as well as Ireland, Scotland and Netherlands tri-series.