India, Oct. 7 -- India captain Shreyas Iyer on Wednesday surged to a career-best ranking in the latest ICC T20I batting list after smashing his maiden century in the format in Tuesday's series opener against the West Indies in Lucknow. Iyer, who scored an unbeaten 102 in India's eight-wicket win, is now the country's third-highest-ranked batter in T20I cricket.

Iyer, who had been struggling in T20I cricket since taking up the captaincy, responded to his critics in style, hitting 10 fours and six sixes in his 43-ball knock as the two-time defending T20 World Cup champions chased down 172 with 5.2 overs to spare.

Iyer became the third Indian captain to score a century in T20I cricket, joining Rohit Sharma (thrice) and Suryakumar Yadav; ho...