In the latest ICC men's T20I player rankings, Indian skipper Virat Kohli has made a leap to the seventh spot with 697 rating points, while KL Rahul retained his third position with a rating of 816.
Kohli and Rahul are the only Indians in the top-10 list of players rankings across categories - batsman, bowlers and all-rounders.
Leading the list is England's Dawid Malan with 915 points while Pakistan skipper Babar Azam comes in second with 820 rating points.
Kohli had played some crucial knock in the recently-concluded T20I series against Australia which India won 2-1. His 40 and 80 in the last two games had helped him to climb to the seventh spot.
Kohli is ranked inside top-10 in all the three formats, being at the top position in ODI and occupying the second place in Test batting chart.
Huge gains for Tim Seifert
He has climbed up 24 spots to break into the top 10 of the @MRFWorldwide ICC Men's T20I Player Rankings for batting
— ICC (@ICC) December 23, 2020
Among others, New Zealand opener Tim Seifert and fast bowler Tim Southee have attained career-best positions after the Kiwis' 2-1 series win over Pakistan.
Seifert advanced 24 slots to a career-best ninth position, while Southee's six wickets in the rubber lifted him from 13th to the seventh position in the bowler's list.
Seifert, who was named player of the series with his career-best 84 not out off 63 balls in the second match in Hamilton, had a previous highest ranking of 32 in August this year.
Southee's six wickets, which included a four-wicket haul for 21 in the second match, enabled him to better his previous 10th position accomplished in November last year.
Devon Conway (up 10 places to 62) and Glenn Phillips (up 15 places to a career-best 72) are the other New Zealand players to move up in the batting list.
Among bowlers, Faheem Ashraf moved up 22 places to 13th position, Shaheen Afridi gained 11 ranks to reach a career-best 16th position and Harif Rauf's five wickets in the series helped him climb 42 places to 67th spot.
Tim Southee was the top wicket-taker in the #NZvPAK T20I series!
His performance has led him to the No.7 spot in the @MRFWorldwide ICC Men's T20I Player Rankings for bowling Full list https://t.co/H7CnAiw0YT pic.twitter.com/fBkCpEMxRK
— ICC (@ICC) December 23, 2020
In the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings, Pakistan have lost three points and New Zealand have gained three, however, the two retain their fourth and sixth positions respectively. England are at the top with 275 rating points, followed by Australia (272) and India (268).