ICC Rankings: Suryakumar Yadav rises to 2nd in T20Is, closes in on Babar Azam

Yadav
has
moved
up
three
spots
to
within
two
rating
points
of
top-ranked
Babar
Azam
after
a
dazzling
44-ball
knock
of
76
that
won
him
the
Player
of
the
Match
award
and
sees
him
lead
the
batting
aggregate
with
111
runs
from
three
matches
in
the
series
against
the
West
Indies
which
his
side
leads
2-1.

Shamsi,
who
was
top-ranked
for
most
of
the
period
from
April
to
October
last
year,
has
advanced
one
slot
to
take
second
position
but
remains
64
rating
points
adrift
of
top-ranked
Josh
Hazlewood,
who
is
on
792
rating
points.

The
left-arm
wrist-spinner’s
eight
wickets,
which
included
a
match-winning
five
for
24
in
the
final
match,
helped
win
the
series
against
England
2-1
and
gain
19
rating
points.

South
Africa
batter
Reeza
Hendricks,
who
notched
half-centuries
in
all
three
matches
against
England,
has
moved
up
16
slots
to
15^th
position
while
West
Indies
batter
Brandon
King
(up
29
places
to
27^th),
England’s
Jonny
Bairstow
(up
13
places
to
31^st)
and
South
Africa’s
Rilee
Rossouw
(joint-37^th)
have
also
made
notable
gains
among
batters.

Liton
Das,
Heinrich
Klaasen
and
Rishabh
Pant
have
also
moved
up
that
list
while
West
Indies
spinner
Akeal
Hosein
(up
three
places
to
sixth),
England’s
Chris
Jordan
(up
one
place
to
16^th),
New
Zealand
spinners
Mitchell
Santner
(up
three
places
to
17^th)
and
Ish
Sodhi
(up
two
places
to
19^th)
are
among
the
others
to
move
up
among
T20I
bowlers.

Sri
Lanka
players
have
made
notable
gains
in
the
ICC
Test
rankings
after
winning
the
second
match
of
their
ICC
World
Test
Championship
series
against
Pakistan
in
Galle
which
ended
1-1.

Off-spinner
Ramesh
Mendis
has
progressed
19
rungs
to
reach
31^st
position
with
nine
wickets
in
the
match
while
left-arm
spinner
Prabath
Jayasuriya
has
advanced
11
slots
to
reach
33^rd
position
after
finishing
with
eight
wickets
in
the
match.

Dinesh
Chandimal
is
up
two
places
to
16^th
among
batters
with
101
runs
in
two
innings
while
Player
of
the
Match
Dhananjaya
de
Silva
has
moved
from
49^th
to
41^st
after
scoring
a
century
in
the
second
innings.

For
Pakistan,
Mohammad
Rizwan
(up
three
places
to
17^th)
and
Imam-ul-Haq
(up
15
places
to
49^th)
have
moved
up
the
list
for
batters,
and
Naseem
Shah
(up
seven
places
to
60^th)
and
Mohammad
Nawaz
(up
21
places
to
68^th)
among
bowlers.

In
the
ICC
ODI
rankings,
India
opener
Shikhar
Dhawan
has
moved
up
one
slot
to
12^th
position
after
getting
a
half-century
in
the
last
match
of
their
ODI
series
in
the
West
Indies.

India
bowlers
Yuzvendra
Chahal
(16^th)
and
Shardul
Thakur
(72^nd)
have
also
gained
in
the
latest
update
while
West
Indies
captain
Nicholas
Pooran
is
up
two
places
to
30^th.