India's Varun Chakravarthy drops to third in ICC men's T20 bowling rankings, with New Zealand's Jacob Duffy and West Indies' Akeal Hosein ahead. Ravi Bishnoi and Arshdeep Singh make the top 10. In batting, Abhishek Sharma holds second place, trailing Australia's Travis Head, with Tilak Varma and Suryakumar Yadav also in the top five. Hardik Pandya leads the all-rounders.
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