Kane Williamson climbs to fourth in ICC T-20 rankings

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has become the second batsman after Indian skipper Virat Kohli to feature in the top-five of the ICC rankings for all three formats by climbing to fourth in the latest Twenty20 list issued in Dubai yesterday.

Williamson has broken into the top five after a good series against bangladesh which his side won 3-0. Williamson scored 73 not out, 12 and 60 to finish with a series aggregate of 145 runs. For this consistency, he has been rewarded with a jump of two places which has put him in fourth position.Williamson already occupies positions in the top-five of Tests and ODIs. He sits in fourth place in



the Test rankings, while he is ranked fifth in ODI rankings.

Kohli is the only other batsman in the world who presently features in the top five of all three formats. He is the number-one ranked batsman in T20Is, second-ranked in ODIs and ranked number-two in Tests.

In the T20I bowling table, the biggest mover is Bangladesh's Mustafizur Rahman who won the ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year award. The left-armer has leaped 10 places to 10th in the latest rankings.Meanwhile, New Zealand have retained their status as the number-one ranked T-20I side. India are currently placed second in the list.