India, Feb. 5 -- India opener Abhishek Sharma earned a massive boost on the freshly-released ICC Men's T20I Player Rankings chart as he jumped 38 places to take the second spot among batters after his heroics in the recently-concluded home series against England. On the other hand, mystery spinner Varun Chakaravarthy, who was adjudged as the Player of the Series, narrowly missed out on the top spot.

Abhishek earned the ranking boost largely after his stellar century against England in the fifth and final match at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. His quickfire 135 off 54, the highest individual innings made by an Indian men's player in the shortest format, en route to which he recorded the second-fastest T20I century for India, helped him ...