ICC Rankings: Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli gain, Suryakumar drops to 4th; Rizwan is new No 1 T20I batsman

Rizwan
followed
up
his
Player
of
the
Match
effort
of
78
off
57
deliveries
in
an
Asia
Cup
2022
Group
A
match
against
Hong
Kong
with
a
crucial
71
off
51
against
India
in
a
Super
4
match
in
Dubai,
to
move
from
796
rating
points
to
a
career-best
815
and
claim
the
top
position
for
the
first
time.

Rizwan
is
only
the
third
Pakistan
batter
to
be
No
1
in
the
T20I
batting
rankings
after
Babar,
who
has
been
at
the
top
of
the
table
for
1,155
days
in
all,
and
Misbah-ul-Haq,
who
was
at
the
top
for
313
days,
from
20
April
2008
to
27
February
2009.

Meanwhile,
Mohammad
Nawaz’s
match-winning
42
off
20
in
the
same
match
sees
him
move
up
142
slots
to
358^th
in
the
rankings.

India’s
Suryakumar
Yadav
has
dropped
to
fourth
place
in
the
latest
update
even
as
a
host
of
players
from
Sri
Lanka
and
Afghanistan
have
made
their
way
up
after
some
fine
performances
in
the
Asia
Cup.

Sri
Lanka
openers
Pathum
Nissanka
and
Kusal
Mendis
have
made
notable
progress
after
scoring
half-centuries
in
a
memorable
win
against
India
on
Tuesday
(September
6).

Nissanka
is
up
one
place
to
eighth
while
Mendis
has
advanced
63
places
to
41^st
position.

Dasun
Shanaka
(up
11
places
to
39^th)
and
Bhanuka
Rajapaksa
(up
31
places
to
68^th)
have
also
moved
up
the
rankings
for
batters
while
off-spinner
Maheesh
Theekshana
has
progressed
five
places
to
eighth
among
bowlers.

Afghanistan
opener
Rahmanullah
Gurbaz’s
Player
of
the
Match
effort
of
84
off
45
balls
that
helped
beat
Sri
Lanka
in
a
group
match,
has
helped
him
progress
14
places
to
15^th
while
Najibullah
Zadran
has
moved
up
two
places
to
28^th
after
scoring
43
against
Bangladesh.

Spinners
Mujeeb
ur
Rehman
(up
three
places
to
sixth)
and
Mohammad
Nabi
(up
two
places
to
32^nd)
have
also
gained
in
the
latest
update.

India
captain
Rohit
Sharma
has
gained
four
slots
to
reach
13^th
position
after
scoring
72
against
Sri
Lanka
in
their
Super
4
match
while
former
captain
Virat
Kohli
has
gained
four
places
and
is
29^th
in
the
list
after
scoring
60
against
Pakistan.

Ravichandran
Ashwin
(up
eight
places
to
50^th)
and
Arshdeep
Singh
(up
28
places
to
62^nd)
have
also
progressed.

ICC
ODI
Rankings

In
the
ODI
Rankings,
updated
after
the
second
and
third
Australia
versus
Zimbabwe
matches
and
the
first
Australia
versus
New
Zealand
match,
Australia’s
David
Warner
has
moved
up
one
place
to
sixth
position
among
batters
and
New
Zealand’s
Kane
Williamson
up
one
place
to
10^th.

Australia
fast
bowler
Mitchell
Starc
has
moved
up
three
places
to
12^th
and
leg-spinner
Adam
Zampa
two
places
to
18^th.