ICC T20 Rankings – Babar Azam No. 1, SuryaKumar Yadav No. 2: Pakistan captain Babar Azam has managed to hang on to his mantle as the No.1 ranked T20I batter. SKY as the Indian is fondly known missed his chance to become World no. 1 as he was made to rest in the 5th T20 vs the WestIndies. Meanwhile Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer were the other Indian stars who have made big moves in ICC Rankings: Follow ICC Rankings LIVE UPDATES & T20 ICC Bowling Rankings with InsideSport.IN
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ICC T20 Rankings: Babar Azam stays NO. 1, SuryaKumar Yadav close NO. 2 as Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant becomes biggest mover in T20 RANKINGS
India cruised to a 4-1 series triumph in the recently-completed T20I series against the West Indies. A bevy of their best performers cut into Babar’s lead at the top of the batter rankings.
The ICC released the latest set of rankings on Wednesday. Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant were among the biggest movers as the race for the top ranking hots up ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia later this year.
Men’s T20 ICC Batting Rankings: Iyer hit an impressive half-century during the fifth and final match of the series in Florida. He was duly rewarded by jumping six places to 19th overall on the batter rankings.
Pant finished the series as the equal second leading run-scorer on 115 runs and has jumped seven places to 59th.
How Surya missed chance to overtake Babar?
- Emerging opener Suryakumar Yadav was the leading run-scorer during the series with 135 runs. But the decision to rest him for the final match meant he missed out on the chance to overtake Babar at the head of proceedings.
- Yadav remains in second place on the T20I rankings.
- Babar now holding a lead of 13 rating points.
- The eagerly awaited meeting between India and Pakistan at the Asia Cup in Dubai later this month will decide on who takes the mettle of World nO. 1
Men’s T20 ICC Bowling Rankings: The series against West Indies also saw a group of India’s bowlers rewarded with big moves up the latest T20I rankings for bowlers.
Young spinner Ravi Bishnoi was India’s leading wicket-taker during the series with eight scalps and that helped the 21-year-old jump 50 places to 44th overall on the most recent list for bowlers.
Team-mates Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, and Kuldeep Yadav were also big movers, while veteran quick Bhuvneshwar Kumar dropped one place to ninth after just three wickets during the West Indies series.
South Africa’s recent 2-0 series triumph over Ireland away from home also saw a host of their players rewarded on the latest set of T20I rankings, with in-form opener Reeza Hendricks moving up two spots to 13th on the list for batters.
Spinner Keshav Maharaj moves up 10 spots to 18th overall on the bowler rankings, while South Africa team-mate Dwaine Pretorius jumps seven places to 26th on the list for all-rounders.
Men’s T20 ICC All-Rounder Rankings: There were no changes to the Test rankings with no red-ball matches held over the last week, while there were some minor movements in the ODI ranks following the opening two matches of the series between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.
Men’s ICC ODI Player Rankings: In-form all-rounder Sikandar Raza has been a shining light for Zimbabwe in recent times and the experienced 36-year-old has made some eye-catching moves on the latest ODI rankings.
Raza has scored consecutive unbeaten centuries against Bangladesh and that has seen the right-hander jump 10 spots to 29th on the batter rankings and an impressive seven places to fourth on the list of all-rounders.
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