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ICC T20I Rankings: KL Rahul back in Top 5, Virat Kohli slips four places as Babar Azam extends lead at top

ICC T20I Rankings: KL Rahul back in Top 5, Virat Kohli slips four places as Babar Azam extends lead at top

ICC T20I Rankings- KL Rahul back in Top 5, Virat Kohli slips: KL Rahul has returned to the Top 5 of ICC Men’s T20I Rankings after three consecutive half-centuries in the T20 World Cup. Rahul is now the highest-ranked Indian batter in T20Is at No 5. However, India skipper Virat Kohli has dropped four places […]

ICC T20I Rankings- KL Rahul back in Top 5, Virat Kohli slips: KL Rahul has returned to the Top 5 of ICC Men’s T20I Rankings after three consecutive half-centuries in the T20 World Cup. Rahul is now the highest-ranked Indian batter in T20Is at No 5. However, India skipper Virat Kohli has dropped four places to be ranked No 8 while Pakistan skipper Babar Azam has extended his at the top of the leaderboard.

South Africa’s Aiden Markram has jumped three places to be World No 3 behind Babar Azam and Dawid Malan. On the back of the sensational performances for South Africa, Aiden Markram has made significant gains in the latest ICC Men’s T20I rankings.

ICC T20I Rankings: KL Rahul back in Top 5, Virat Kohli slips four places as Babar Azam extends lead at top

Markram’s unbeaten knock of 52 in just 25 balls in South Africa’s victory over Group 1 table-toppers England sees him climb to the No. 3 spot in the latest MRF Tyres T20I rankings for batters.

Markram’s heroics with the bat has also helped him break into the top 10 all-rounders, rising seven places to No. 7.

ICC T20I Rankings: KL Rahul back in Top 5, Virat Kohli slips four places as Babar Azam extends lead at top

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ICC T20I Rankings- KL Rahul back in Top 5, Virat Kohli slips four: South African teammate Rassie van der Dussen too broke into the top 10 rankings for batters, climbing six spots to occupy the 10th spot in the latest update. Van der Dussen scored a Player of the Match-winning knock of 94* against England, helping the Proteas post a daunting total of 189.

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Unfortunately for South Africa, their win against England was not enough as they crashed out of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup on net run rate, despite winning four games out of five.

ICC T20I Rankings: KL Rahul back in Top 5, Virat Kohli slips four places as Babar Azam extends lead at top

With three fifties in India’s last three matches, KL Rahul moved to No.5. After returning low scores against Pakistan and New Zealand, Rahul was brilliant against Afghanistan, Scotland and Namibia but the knocks came in too late for India as they exited the tournament in the Super 12 stage.

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In the rankings for bowlers, the Australian duo of Adam Zampa and Josh Hazlewood climbed the charts. Both bowlers have been in great form of late and were instrumental in Australia qualifying for the semi-finals of the World Cup.

ICC T20I Rankings: KL Rahul back in Top 5, Virat Kohli slips four places as Babar Azam extends lead at top

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Zampa’s five-for against Bangladesh takes him to the No.5 spot ,while Hazlewood went up 11 places to No.8, thanks to his four-wicket haul against West Indies.

The other major movement in the top 10 saw Tim Southee, who has picked up five wickets since the last update, move three places up to No.9 in the bowling rankings.

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ICC T20I Rankings: KL Rahul back in Top 5, Virat Kohli slips four places as Babar Azam extends lead at top

ICC T20I Rankings- KL Rahul back in Top 5, Virat Kohli slips four: The Australian domination in the latest update continued with Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Marsh moving up in the all-rounders’ rankings. Maxwell went up three places to become the new No.4 ranked all-rounder while Marsh ascended five spots to No.9.

Sri Lankan sensation Wanindu Hasaranga achieved a career-high rating (173) for all-rounders, thus going up one spot to No.3.

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