Axar Patel has advanced 12 places to a career-best fifth position among bowlers as a clutch of India players made significant gains in the latest ICC T20I rankings after strong performances in the series against Afghanistan.

Patel's spells of two for 23 and two for 16 in India's identical six-wicket wins over Afghanistan in the first two T20Is of their three-match series have also lifted him two places to 16th among all-rounders after the latest weekly rankings update on Wednesday that takes into consideration all matches completed till Tuesday.