Former captain Virat Kohli slipped out of the top 10 of ICC T20I Batting Rankings once again after missing the recently-concluded 3-match series against Sri Lanka. Skipper Rohit Sharma also slipped 2 spots to 13th after an ordinary outing against the visiting Lankans in Lucknow and Dharamsala.
Virat Kohli, who was at the 10th spot after the conclusion of the 3-matchT20I series against the West Indies, was rested for the final match of the
series and the whole of the T20I series against Sri Lanka. Notably, Kohli had shown signs of a return to form when he hit a match-winning fifty against the West Indies in the 2nd T20I.
Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma, who has had a spotless record as captain since taking over as full-time T20I skipper, looked uncharacteristic in the Sri Lanka T20Is, getting out to Dushmantha Chameera on 2 occasions. He managed just 50 runs in the 3 matches against Sri Lanka.