Indian captain Shreyas Iyer has reached a new milestone during the T20 series being played between India and West Indies at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. Iyer, who scored a brilliant century in the first match of the home series against West Indies, has climbed three places to fourth in the latest ICC T20I batting rankings, the best ranking of his T20I career.

ICC T20 Ranking: Shreyas Iyer made a big jump on the strength of his century in Lucknow, reaching fourth place.

History created at Lucknow’s Ekana Stadium

In the match played at this ground in Lucknow, Shreyas Iyer won the hearts of the spectators with his aggressive batting. This was the first century of his T20 International career, which has directly benefited him in the ICC rankings. With his rise to fourth place, three Indian batsmen have now joined the top four players in the world. Ishan Kishan holds the number one position in this format, while young opener Abhishek Sharma remains in second place. Although these key batsmen remained silent in the fourth match of the series, the benefits of their previous innings remain in the rankings.

Excitement among local sports fans and enthusiasts

This achievement has sparked widespread enthusiasm among sports fans and young people from cricket academies in the capital, Lucknow. Sports goods vendors and sports fans in major markets like Chowk and Hazratganj say that such a performance by Indian players on home soil brings glory to the city. Young cricketers locally are drawing inspiration from this performance.

Other changes in bowling and all-rounder rankings

Afghanistan’s star spinner Rashid Khan remains at the top of the bowling charts. Star all-rounder Axar Patel remains the best-ranked Indian bowler at 9th place for India. Roston Chase, who performed brilliantly in the series against the West Indies, has jumped 24 places to 23rd in the bowling rankings and reached third place in the all-rounder list.