Tag: ICC T20I Batting Rankings

DUBAI: Pakistan batters Babar Azam and Saim Ayub made gains, while skipper Mohammad Rizwan experienced a drop in his position in the latest ICC T20I Batting Rankings released on Wednesday.

It’s worth noting Pakistan suffered a 0-2 loss in the three-match T20I series against South Africa after the third match was abandoned due to persistent rain in Johannesburg on 14 December.

This was Mohammad Rizwan’s second consecutive T20I series loss, since becoming Pakistan’s white-ball captain.

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Consequently, Rizwan dropped two places to eighth with 704 rating points after his 13-ball 11 in the second T20I.

Meanwhile, Babar Azam, who bagged a four-ball duck in the first T20I, scored 31 off 20 in the second match and moved one place up to sixth spot in the ICC T20I Batting Rankings.

Other than Babar and Rizwan, there is no batter from Pakistan in the top 50 batters, with Saim Ayub being the third-best-ranked batter from the country.

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Saim is sitting in the 58th spot with 483 rating points after making a massive 45-place jump.

The young batter enjoyed these gains on the back of his unbeaten 98 off 57 balls in the second T20I against South Africa.

In the bowling rankings, pace bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi fell one place to 21st, while Haris Rauf dropped three places to 26th after their below-par showing against South Africa.

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DUBAI: Pakistan batters Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan experienced a drop in their positions in the latest ICC T20I Batting Rankings released on Wednesday.

The Green Shirts suffered a humiliating whitewash in the three-match series, mainly courtesy of the team’s below-par batting performance.

Babar managed a meagre 47 runs in the series at an average of 15.66 and a strike-rate of 142.42, meanwhile, Rizwan scored 16 runs in two games at a dismal strike-rate of 57.14. Consequently, both batters dropped one place each in the ICC T20I Batting Rankings.

Mohammad Rizwan is currently in 6th place with 719 rating points, while Babar Azam has dropped from 4th to 5th place with 742 rating points.

It’s worth noting that other than Babar and Rizwan, no Pakistani batter is among the top 50 batters in the T20I rankings, with Fakhar Zaman (64) being the third-highest-ranked batter from the country.

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Meanwhile, Indian batter Tilak Varma made a massive leap in the ICC T20I Batting Rankings, jumping a whopping 69 spots to clinch third place after his stellar performance in the four-match series against South Africa.

Varma smashed two undefeated centuries in the series, amassing a total of 280 runs over the course of four innings with a remarkable average of 140.00 and an explosive strike rate of 198.58.

It’s worth noting that Australia’s Travis Head, who missed the series against Pakistan, is leading the batting rankings, followed by England’s Phil Salt.

Varma’s team-mate Sanju Samson, who was the second-highest run-scorer in the series against South Africa, also made a notable gain, rising 17 places to reach 22nd.

Samson also struck two centuries during the series and accumulated 216 runs at an average of 111 and a strike rate of 194.59.

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DUBAI: Pakistan star batter Babar Azam moved up, surpassing Indian batting prodigy Yashasvi Jaiswal in the latest ICC T20I Batting Rankings on Wednesday.

Jaiswal was not named in India’s squad for the ongoing T20I series against Bangladesh, consequently, losing valuable rating points. He is now ranked fifth with 749 rating points, behind Babar Azam (755).

Meanwhile, Pakistani wicket-keeper Mohammad Rizwan is also among the top-ten batters in the T20I rankings, sitting in the sixth spot with 746 rating points.

Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf also made a significant gain as he rose two places to 24th due to Bangladesh bowlers Rishad Hossain and Taskin Ahmed dropping two and seven places respectively.

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Indian players enjoyed their rise in ICC T20I rankings following their dominant seven-wicket victory in the first of the three-match T20I series.

Hardik Pandya jumped seven places to 60th in the batting rankings after his quickfire 39* during the run chase against Bangladesh. He also claimed one wicket and rose four places to 3rd place in the ICC T20I All-rounders rankings.

Pace bowler Arshdeep Singh took three wickets and jumped eight spots to claim the 8th spot in the bowling rankings, which is led by England spinner Adil Rashid.

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DUBAI: India’s batting prodigy Yashasvi Jaiswal climbed four spots and moved within touching distance of Pakistan’s Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan in the latest ICC T20I Batting Rankings.

Jaiswal was part of India’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup winning squad last month, however, he did not get to play a single match in the tournament.

Following the World Cup, he participated in the away series victory against Zimbabwe under the captaincy of Shubman Gill.

Yashasvi Jaiswal returned with scores of 36, 93* and 12 in the three matches during the Zimbabwe tour.

The 22-year-old is currently ranked sixth in the T20I batting rankings with 743 points only three points shy of fifth-ranked Mohammad Rizwan. Meanwhile, Babar Azam is sitting in fourth position with 755 points.

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Meanwhile, Gill made a big leap of 36 places to reach the 37th spot after finishing the Zimbabwe series as the highest run-scorer with 170 runs in five games.

Australia’s top-order batter Travis Head is leading the batting rankings with 844 points, followed by India’s Suryakumar Yadav and England’s Phil Salt with 797 points each.

Moreover, in the ICC T20I Bowling Rankings, Zimbabwe’s Blessing Muzarabani jumped 11 spots to reach 44th after finishing with six wickets in the series against India.

On the other hand, India’s Washington Sundar gained 36 spots to 46th and Mukesh Kumar rose 21 places to reach 73rd spot.

Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raza also earned the reward for his all-round performance in the series as he moved one place to third in the ICC T20I All-rounder Rankings.

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DUBAI: Pakistan’s white-ball captain Babar Azam climbed one spot and closed the gap with top-ranked Indian batter Suryakumar Yadav in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20I Batting Rankings.

Babar Azam jumped to the fourth spot with 763 rating points on the back of his impressive showing during the recently concluded T20I series against New Zealand.

The right-handed batter finished the series with 125 runs in four games, including a half-century in the last game, only behind New Zealand’s Mark Chapman (126).

Yadav continues to lead the T20I batting rankings with 861 rating points, followed by England’s Phil Salt with 802 points and Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan with 784 points.

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Meanwhile, Pakistan’s left-arm pacer Shaheen Afridi climbed three places to joint 14th in the ICC T20I Bowling Rankings after ending the New Zealand series as the highest wicket-taker with eight scalps.

New Zealand bowlers also earned rewards for their gutsy performance against Pakistan as Michael Bracewell rose 13 spots to 55th and Ben Sears jumped 29 places to 60th.

Meanwhile, Pakistan all-rounder Imad Wasim climbed 10 places to 22nd spot in the ICC T20I all-rounder rankings.

Notably, Wasim reversed his international retirement before the New Zealand series and declared his availability for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup.

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DUBAI: Pakistan’s wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan has reclaimed his second spot to rejoin the top-ranked Babar Azam in the latest ICC T20I Batting Rankings, released by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday.

Rizwan has been elevated from third to the second spot in the latest T20I batting rankings released by the ICC, as South Africa’s right-handed batter Aiden Markram slipped a spot.

The wicket-keeper batter has now reclaimed the second spot in T20I rankings with 794 rating points as Markram’s ratings fell to 772; allowing the former to make a move upwards.

👑 @babarazam258 stays on top
📈 @iMRizwanPak moves to second place

The 🇵🇰 opening pair dominate the ICC T20I Rankings ✨ pic.twitter.com/nHy5ruYt6f

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) June 15, 2022

Star Pakistan batter Babar Azam, on the other hand, continued to rule the rankings in T20Is and ODIs and is followed by his countrymen Rizwan and Imam-ul-Haq in the two formats respectively.

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