Dubai: India’s middle-order batsman Suryakumar Yadav, who performed brilliantly in the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia, has retained the top spot in the ICC T20 Batsmen rankings. Suryakumar became the number one batsman in the Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup with three fifties in five innings.
This gave him a career best 869 rating points. Being dismissed for 14 in the semi-final against England saw it drop ten points but retain top spot. Surya hit 189. Scored 239 runs at a strike rate of 68 and stood third in the list of batsmen scoring the most runs. England’s Alex Hales made an unbeaten 47-ball 86 in the semi-final against India to move up 22 places to 12th position.
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In the top 10, Pakistan captain Babar Azam climbed a place to reach the third position. South Africa’s Riley Rossouw moved up to seventh while New Zealand’s Glenn Phillips dropped a place to eighth. Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan remained at the second spot and South Africa’s Aiden Markram at the fifth spot while Devon Conway slipped to the fourth spot. Among bowlers, England’s Adil Rashid climbed five places to reach the third position.
He did well against India in the semi-finals and against Pakistan in the final. Sam Curran, who was Player of the Tournament and Player of the Match in the final, has moved up two places to fifth. Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga remains at the top while Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan is at the second spot. Among the all-rounders, Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan topped, Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi second and India’s Hardik Pandya third. (agency)