On-fire Maxwell topples Shakib

Australia's Glenn Maxwell has replaced Bangladeshi Shakib Al Hasan at the top of the all-rounders' list while also making a huge jump to reach  third position in the latest ICC players rankings for T20I batsmen.

Maxwell, who smashed aggressive knocks of 145 not out and 66 in the two-match series against Sri Lanka in Pallekele and Colombo that his team won 2-0, leapfrogged Pakistan's Shahid Afridi and Shakib to become the top-ranked T20I all-rounder.

Shakib's ranking has suffered as Bangladesh have not played a T20I since the World T20 and as a result he has found points hard to come by.

Maxwell also gained 16 places in the T20I batsmen's ranking, which is led by India's Virat Kohli with Australia's Aaron Finch in second place. Kohli is comfortably placed with 820 points but Maxwell moved to 763 points, just eight less than Finch.

Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal moved up four places to 60th rank in the batsmen's list with scores of 58 and four in the two matches while his team-mate Chamara Kapugedera moved up 18 slots to reach 72nd rank after scoring 43 and seven.

Tillakaratne Dilshan retired at 19. In the all-rounders' list he is in 15th position after playing his last match in Colombo and is ranked 119th in the bowlers' list. His best rank as an all-rounder was fifth in March 2012 while as a bowler his highest rank was 18th in January 2007.