Suryakumar Yadav has risen to 2nd place in the ICC Men’s T20I
Suryakumar Yadav of India has risen to second place in the ICC Men’s T20I Rankings.
Suryakumar Yadav of India and Tabraiz Shamsi of South Africa have risen to second place in the ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings for batters and bowlers, respectively, in the most recent weekly update. “After a dazzling 44-ball knock of 76 that won him the Player of the Match award and saw him lead the batting aggregate with 111 runs from three matches in the series against the West Indies, which his side leads 2-1,” stated an official ICC release.
Shamsi, who was top-ranked from April to October last year, has moved up one spot to second place, but he is still 64 rating points behind top-ranked Josh Hazlewood, who has 792 rating points. The left-arm wrist-eight spinner’s wickets, including a match-winning five for 24 in the final match, helped India win the series 2-1 and gain 19 rating points against England.
South Africa’s Reeza Hendricks, who scored half-centuries in all three matches against England, has risen 16 to 15th.
In contrast, West Indies batter Brandon King (up 29 places to 27th), England’s Jonny Bairstow (up 13 places to 31st), also South Africa’s Rilee Rossouw (joint-37th) have made significant gains.
Liton Das, Heinrich Klaasen, and Rishabh Pant have also risen in the rankings. As have West Indies spinner Akeal Hosein (up three places to sixth), England’s Chris Jordan (up one spot to 16th). And New Zealand spinners Mitchell Santner (up three places to 17th) and Ish Sodhi (up two places to 19th).
Sri Lankan players have risen significantly in the ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings following their 1-1 draw with Pakistan in the second match of their ICC World Test Championship series in Galle.
Off-spinner Ramesh Mendis has climbed 19 places to 31st after taking nine wickets in the match, while left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya has climbed 11 places to 33rd after taking eight wickets. With 101 runs in two innings, Dinesh Chandimal has risen to 16th among batters. While Player of the Match Dhananjaya de Silva has increased from 49th to 41st.
India opener Shikhar Dhawan has moved up one spot to 12th in the ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings after scoring a half-century in the final match of their ODI series in the West Indies.
