Suryakumar now has 801 rating points after scoring a match-winning 69 off 36 balls in the third match against Australia in Hyderabad on Sunday, helping India win the series 2-1.
He rose to the second spot in the T20I rankings for the first time in August this year after his exploits against the West Indies.
India captain Rohit Sharma was ranked 13th in the second and third T20Is against Australia with an unbeaten 46 and 17, respectively. Virat Kohli also moved up a place to 15th position but KL Rahul dropped four places to 22nd.
Only a few rating points separate Suryakumar and Pakistan captain Babar Azam, who improved one place to finish third.
Babar, who held the No. 1 spot for 1,155 days before being overtaken by teammate Mohammad Rizwan earlier this month, was named player of the match for his 110 not out in the second T20I against England went.
He followed it up with scores of eight and 36 in the third and fourth matches, which were also played the previous week.
India spinners Axar Patel (18th) and Yuzvendra Chahal (26th) and pacer Harshal Patel (37th) have moved up in the bowlers’ list, led by Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood.
India pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, however, dropped a place in the charts to 10th position.
Among others, Matthew Wade (62nd), Cameron Green (67th) and Tim David (109th) are the Australian players to move up the batting rankings.
Green and David scored half-centuries in the final match of the series.
England batsman Harry Brook’s scores of 31, 81 not out and 34 in Pakistan have propelled him to 29th place, while Ben Duckett has moved up to 32nd place with 43 not out, 70 not out and 33 in those three matches.
In the latest weekly update, Reece Topley dropped to 23rd and is the third highest ranked England bowler after Adil Rashid and Chris Jordan.
Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf has moved up to 14th position with five wickets in the last three matches, while Mark Wood (40th) and Sam Curran (47th) have also progressed.
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