Kohli’s ICC T20 cricket ranking falls after wedding break

The funny memes that flooded social media following Virat Kohli’s marriage with Anushka Sharma — with Rohit Sharma making most of the opportunity as a stand-in captain as well as with the bat against Sri Lanka — took a serious mathematical turn on Monday when it emerged that the Indian captain has actually suffered a dip in ICC ratings and ranking.

However, the 3-0 series win over Sri Lanka gave the Indian cricket team a massive push as it leapfrogged England, New Zealand and West Indies to become world No 2 ranked T20 International team, with their arch rivals Pakistan firmly fixated at the top.

“India have moved up from their pre-series tally of 119 points to 121 points. They have leapfrogged England, New Zealand and the Windies to move from fifth to second position in a list led by Pakistan with 124 points,” ICC said in a release on Monday.

Virat Kohli, who missed India’s ODI and T20I series against Sri Lanka due to his much-celebrated marriage with Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma, has dropped to third spot in ICC Rankings for batsmen in T20 International cricket.

Kohli has also lost rating points as he has ‘slipped from 824 points to 776 points’ as per the latest ICC release.

(Aaron) Finch moved up one place as did Windies left-handed opener Evin Lewis, even as Virat Kohli slipped to third position after missing the series due to personal commitments.

“As players lose two per cent of their rating points for each T20I missed, Kohli, has slipped from 824 points to 776 points,” the ICC explained.

India’s limited-overs specialist Jasprit Bumrah too slipped to the third place in ICC Rankings for bowlers in T20 cricket, as he missed the final match in Mumbai on Sunday, after remaining wicketless in the first two matches at Cuttack and Indore, respectively.

Source: Hindustan Times