Suryakumar stays at prime of ICC rankings
Swashbuckling Indian batter Suryakumar Yadav continued his keep on the prime within the ICC rankings launched on Wednesday.
Suryakumar reached the ranking of 910 factors after he stroked a quick-fire innings of 47 in the course of the first match of India’s ongoing collection in opposition to New Zealand in Ranchi because the thrilling right-hander maintained his wholesome lead on the prime of the T20I rankings for batters.
While Suryakumar performed a extra composed knock of 26 not out within the second match of the collection, the 32-year-old dropped again to a complete of 908 ranking factors in consequence.
It additionally means Suryakumar stays inside hanging distance of England batter Dawid Malan within the race to carry the best ranking of all time for males’s T20I batters.
Malan achieved a ranking of 915 factors in Cape Town again in 2020, however Suryakumar now holds the second highest ranking of all time for T20I batters following his latest heroics with the willow.
He claimed the highest rating for present batters whereas scoring a complete of 239 runs from six matches ultimately 12 months’s T20 World Cup and solely final month was deservedly named the ICC T20 Cricketer of the Year.
No different Indian featured within the prime 10 of the batters or bowlers checklist whereas Hardik Pandya remained third amongst all-rounders.
India’s Mohammed Siraj contines to be the top-ranked bowler within the ODI rankings.
Shubman Gill (sixth), Virat Kohli(seventh) and Rohit Sharma (ninth) stay static within the batters’ checklist.
