Lucknow, Dec. 17 -- Indian mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy has extended his lead at the top of the ICC Men's T20I Bowler Rankings, climbing to a new career-high rating. The Indian bowler achieved a personal best of 818 points after claiming his third successive two-wicket haul in the ongoing five-match home T20I series against South Africa, as per the ICC website.

The right-arm leg-spinner has picked up six wickets in the first three matches of the series, with his impressive figures of 2/11 from four overs in the third India vs South Africa T20I at Dharamsala playing a key role in India's commanding seven-wicket win.

With 818 rating points, Chakravarthy now enjoys a commanding 119-point lead over second-placed New Zealand pacer Jaco...