India, April 2 -- Swashbuckling India batters Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan retained the top two spots in the latest ICC T20I player rankings released on Wednesday. Abhishek leads the chart with 875 points, followed closely by Kishan at 871.

They are joined in the top 10 by Tilak Varma, who is placed sixth, and India T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav is in seventh position. Veteran England wicketkeeper batter Jos Buttler (up one place to eighth) and New Zealand's Tim Seifert (down one spot to ninth) are the only players within the top 20 to register movement this week.

South Africa batter Connor Esterhuizen has continued his recent rise by making giant strides. Esterhuizen made an immediate impact when commencing his international career...