Warner is now fifth in batting table while Kulasekara is enjoying his career-best ranking
Sri Lanka has strengthened its hold as the number-one ranked side on the Reliance ICC T20I Championship Table following its 2-0 series win over host Australia on Monday.
Sri Lanka, which needed to win just one of the two matches in the series to retain its top spot, gained four ratings points to finish on 131 ratings points – nine ratings points ahead of second-placed ICC World Twenty20 2012 champion West Indies.
Australia, on the other hand, has retained its seventh place but has lost four ratings points to end at 104, 12 ratings points behind sixth-placed Pakistan.
Australia next plays West Indies in a one-off Twenty20 International on 13 February in Brisbane.
To find out exactly how the forthcoming series will affect the T20I Championship Table, please click here. The T20I and ODI Championship tables are updated after every match, unlike the Test Championship table, which is updated after every series.
Warner, Kulasekara make positive gains
Meanwhile, injury to Shane Watson has meant that Brendon McCullum has regained the top slot in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for T20I batsmen.
In the latest rankings, released on Tuesday morning, Mahela Jayawardene has also moved up a place to third in the batting table, while Australia’s David Warner, who made scores of 90 not out and seven in the two matches against Sri Lanka, has jumped five places to fifth position.
Other batsmen to gain in the latest batting list are Angelo Mathews in 49th (up by four), George Bailey in 53rd (up by nine), Thisara Perera in 81st (up by 23), Jeevan Mendis in 89th (up by five) and Shaun Marsh in 99th (up by 32).
In the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for T20I bowlers, Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Kulasekara has jumped two places to a career-best fourth position with best-ever 676 ratings points. The other bowler inside the top 20 to make an improvement is Lasith Malinga, who has moved up a place to 13th.
Mitchell Starc in 32nd (up by nine), Xavier Doherty in 49th (up by 28) and Glenn Maxwell in 98th (up by 33) are the other bowlers to improve their rankings
The bowlers’ table is still headed by Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal, followed by Sri Lanka’s Ajantha Mendis in second and Graeme Swann in third place.
Sri Lanka’s Twenty20 captain Angelo Mathews has moved up a place to eighth in the all-rounders’ table, which is headed by Shane Watson
Reliance ICC T20I Championship (as on 29 January, after Australia-Sri Lanka series)
Rank Team Rating
1 Sri Lanka 131
2 West Indies 122
3 India 119
4 England 118
5 South Africa 117
6 Pakistan 116
7 Australia 104
8 New Zealand 98
9 Bangladesh 84
10 Ireland 82
11 Zimbabwe 44
Not ranked as fewer than eight T20I matches played since August 2010
Afghanistan 76
Netherlands 73
Scotland 67
Canada 11
Kenya 2
Reliance ICC T20I Rankings (as on 29 January)
Batsmen
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave S/R HS Ranking
1 (+1) B McCullum NZ 794 34.77 132 849 v Ban at Pallekele 2012
2 (+1) Chris Gayle WI 792 36.48 145 831 v Aus at Colombo (RPS) 2012
3 (+1) M Jayawardena SL 768 33.15 133 785 v Aus at Pallekele 2011
4 (-3) Shane Watson Aus 767 30.62 148 832 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2012
5 (+5) David Warner Aus 760 28.71 139 826 v WI at St Lucia 2010
6 (-1) Virat Kohli Ind 731*! 34.87 130 731 v Pak at Ahmedabad 2012
7 (-1) Marlon Samuels WI 723*! 32.44 137 723 v Ban at Mirpur 2012
8 (-1) Martin Guptill NZ 721 33.93 124 793 v SA at Hamilton 2012
9= (-1) Suresh Raina Ind 719 33.60 136 776 v Eng at Kolkata 2011
(-1) Eoin Morgan Eng 719 36.90 133 872 v Ind at Old Trafford 2011
11 ( – ) T Dilshan SL 667 28.00 121 802 v NZ at Colombo (RPS) 2009
12 ( – ) K Sangakkara SL 651 30.00 121 763 v WI at Barbados 2010
13 ( – ) Yuvraj Singh Ind 648 30.42 149 793 v SA at St Lucia 2010
14 ( – ) Alex Hales Eng 633*! 34.83 127 633 v Ind at Mumbai 2012
15= ( – ) H Masakadza Zim 629* 26.59 117 652 v SL at Hambantota 2012
( – ) JP Duminy SA 629 32.82 122 694 v Eng at Durham 2012
17 ( – ) G Gambhir Ind 601 27.41 119 723 v SL at Mohali 2009
18 ( – ) Umar Akmal Pak 597 26.96 117 709 v Zim at Harare 2011
19 ( – ) M Hafeez Pak 594! 23.17 114 594 v Ind at Ahmedabad 2012
20 ( – ) Jacques Kallis SA 587 35.05 119 738 v Eng at Durham 2012
Selected Rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave S/R HS Ranking
49 (+4) A Mathews SL 391* 26.41 115 398 v Aus at Sydney 2013
53 (+9) George Bailey Aus 383*! 28.77 132 383 v SL at Melbourne 2013
79 (-20) Aaron Finch Aus 255* 37.33 142 422 v Ind at Melbourne 2012
81 (+23) Thisara Perera SL 254*! 22.20 151 254 v Aus at Melbourne 2013
89 (+5) Jeevan Mendis SL 226* 22.85 114 240 v Pak at Colombo (RPS) 2012
92 (-6) Matthew Wade Aus 219* 20.50 109 402 v Ind at Melbourne 2012
99 (+32) Shaun Marsh Aus 200*! 17.88 101 200 v SL at Melbourne 2013
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave Econ HS Ranking
1 ( – ) Saeed Ajmal Pak 756 16.32 6.23 788 v NZ at Pallekele 2012
2 ( – ) Ajantha Mendis SL 731 11.48 5.84 762 v WI at Colombo (RPS) 2012
3 ( – ) Graeme Swann Eng 720 16.84 6.36 760 v Pak at Cardiff 2010
4 (+2) N Kulasekara SL 676! 25.03 7.20 676 v Aus at Melbourne 2013
5 (-1) N McCullum NZ 669 18.95 6.46 709 v Zim at Harare 2011
6 (+1) Abdur Razzak Ban 644 17.94 6.82 661 v Ire at Belfast 2012
7 (+1) Shahid Afridi Pak 643 21.76 6.32 814 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2009
8 (-3) Shane Watson Aus 639 20.42 7.19 671 v Pak at Colombo (RPS) 2012
9= (+1) Sunil Narine WI 638*! 18.37 6.16 638 v Ban at Mirpur 2012
(+1) Dale Steyn SA 638 16.64 6.30 688 v WI at Antigua 2010
11 (+1) M Hafeez Pak 635 23.43 6.73 662 v Eng at Dubai 2012
12 (+1) Johan Botha SA 634 22.24 6.37 733 v NZ at Auckland 2012
13 (+1) Lasith Malinga SL 629 22.29 7.43 680 v Eng at Bristol 2011
14 (-5) A Mathews SL 626 26.09 6.58 639 v NZ at Pallekele 2012
15 ( – ) S Al Hasan Ban 625 22.70 6.88 658 v Ire at Belfast 2012
16 ( – ) R Ashwin Ind 618! 37.85 7.48 618 v Pak at Ahmedabad 2012
17 ( – ) Morne Morkel SA 612 19.53 6.83 646 v Aus at Cape Town 2011
18 ( – ) Trent Johnston Ire 610 19.86 6.26 633 v Ban at Belfast 2012
19 ( – ) Prosper Utseya Zim 601 29.43 6.74 615 v SL at Hambantota 2012
20 ( – ) Stuart Broad Eng 600 23.18 7.34 672 v Pak at Cardiff 2010
Selected Rankings
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave Econ HS Ranking
32 (+9) Mitchell Starc Aus 533*! 16.40 6.28 533 v SL at Melbourne 2013
49 (+28) Xavier Doherty Aus 433*! 30.66 7.88 433 v SL at Melbourne 2013
98 (+33) Glenn Maxwell Aus 281*! 25.60 6.40 281 v SL at Melbourne 2013
100 (+1) T Dilshan SL 271*! 39.00 7.22 271 v Aus at Melbourne 2013
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts HS Ranking
1 ( – ) Shane Watson Aus 490 557 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2012
2 ( – ) M Hafeez Pak 377! 377 v Ind at Ahmedabad 2012
3 ( – ) Yuvraj Singh Ind 337/*! 337 v Pak at Ahmedabad 2012
4= ( – ) Chris Gayle WI 301/*! 301 v Ban at Mirpur 2012
( – ) Marlon Samuels WI 301*/*!301 v Ban at Mirpur 2012
