Bumrah and Nehra achieve career-high ranking.
Player of WT20 final Samuels returns to the top 20.
Virat Kohli retained his No 1 position in the ICC T20 rankings for batsmen even as India topped the team chart after the conclusion of the ICC World T20.
The West Indies, who won the World T20 title in Kolkata on Sunday night, have number-one ranked India firmly within their sights after becoming the only side to win the tournament twice.
The West Indies defeated 2010 champions England by four wickets in front of a packed Eden Gardens and moved ahead of New Zealand in second place.
They are now on 125 points, a point behind India, who they beat in the second semi-final of the tournament in Mumbai.
Finishing as the second best side in the tournament, England are placed fourth after swapping places with South Africa.
New Zealand, who lost to England in the first semi-final in Delhi retained third place, at 120 points.
Meanwhile, in the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for T20I batsmen, Kohli comfortably defended his number-one position.
India’s top-order batsman, who was adjudged ‘Player of the tournament’ leads Australia’s second-ranked Aaron Finch by 86 points. He had entered the home competition leading Finch by 24 points.
England’s Joe Root, who finished as the third leading run-getter, behind Tamim Iqbal and Kohli with 249 runs, broke into the top five for the first time in his career.
Root scored 27 not out in the semi-final and 54 in the final, for which he was rewarded with a jump seven places that put him fourth.
Marlon Samuels, who was named ‘Player of the final’ also returned to the top 20 in 18th position.
The top-order batsman scored eight in the semi-final and 85 not out in the final, which helped him rise five places to share the position with South Africa’s Quinton de Kock.
England’s Jos Buttler is the other batsman inside the top 25 to improve his ranking. The wicketkeeper/batsman is now at No 24 after moving up three places.
Batsmen outside the top 25 to head in the right direction include Lendl Simmons of the West Indies (32nd, up by 17 places), New Zealand’s Colin Munro (37th, up by 18 places), Johnson Charles of the West Indies (50th, up by 14 places) and England’s Jason Roy (62nd, up by 33 places).
England’s Jos Buttler is the other batsman inside the top 25 to improve his ranking. The wicketkeeper/batsman is now at No 24 after moving up three places.
Batsmen outside the top 25 to head in the right direction include Lendl Simmons of the West Indies (32nd, up by 17 places), New Zealand’s Colin Munro (37th, up by 18 places), Johnson Charles of the West Indies (50th, up by 14 places) and England’s Jason Roy (62nd, up by 33 places).
In the MRF Tyres ICC Player Ranking for T20I bowlers, India’s pace duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Ashish Nehra achieved career-best rankings.
Bumrah vaulted six places to seventh, while Nehra climbed five places and is now at No 11.
The West Indies’ Samuel Badree is the number-one ranked bowler and leads fellow wrist-spinner Imran Tahir of South Africa by 50 points, while India’s Ravichandaran Ashwin is third, another 28 points behind.
Bowlers outside the top 25 to make an impact in the latest rankings include England’s Chris Jordon (30th, up by 19 places), Adil Rashid of England (51st, up by 29 places) and Andre Russell of the West Indies (58th, up by 18 places).
There is no change in the top five of the all-rounders’ list, which is headed by the retired Shane Watson. He is followed by Shakib Al-Hasan of Bangladesh, Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi, Australia’s Glenn Maxwell and West Indies’ Marlon Samuels.
