Shreyas Iyer jumps 27 places to 18th in ICC T20 rankings
Dubai. Indian batsman Shreyas Iyer has jumped 27 places in the ICC T20 International rankings thanks to his stellar performance against Sri Lanka recently, but Virat Kohli dropped out of the top 10. India’s recent home series win against Sri Lanka has taken a toll on the players’ rankings, with top-order batsman Iyer benefiting from his attacking and three unbeaten half-centuries to rise to 18th position in the batsmen’s list. But reached.
In the series in February, India defeated Sri Lanka 3-0 in which the 27-year-old Iyer scored an unbeaten 204 runs in three matches at a strike rate of 174. Iyer’s fellow pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar has moved up three places to 17th in the bowlers’ rankings. Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nisanka, who scored 75 runs in the second match of the series, gained six places to move up to ninth in the rankings, while former India captain Kohli slipped five places to 15th, who was rested for the series. was given.
Mohammad Wasim of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was also among the players who moved up the rankings in T20 International cricket. An unbeaten century against Ireland in the final of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier A helped them move up to 12th position. This is the best ranking by any UAE batsman, prior to him Shaiman Anwar having finished 13th in 2017. Sri Lanka’s Lahiru Kumara entered the top 40 bowlers for the first time. UAE bowler Zahru Khan jumped 17 places to joint 42nd and Ireland’s Josh Little jumped 27 places to joint 49th. Rohan Mustafa moved up to the sixth position in the all-rounder rankings and is just one place below his best of fifth ranking in February 2020.
The biggest jump in the Test rankings came by South African pacer Kagiso Rabada, who climbed three places to the third spot after a good performance against hosts New Zealand. Rabada took 10 wickets during the two-match series. New Zealand’s Kyle Jamieson slipped to fifth and Tim Southee to sixth, led by Australian captain Pat Cummins and India’s experienced Ravichandran Ashwin. Marnus Labuschagne remains the top-ranked Test batsman with New Zealand’s Devon Conway gaining six places to be at 17th.
In the ODI rankings, veteran Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan regained his spot in the top 10 bowlers’ list after the recent three-match series against Bangladesh. He is ranked ninth, up six places, while Bangladesh’s Mehdi Hasan Miraj slipped to seventh. Sri Lanka’s Liton Das was the top run-scorer in the ODI series between Bangladesh and Afghanistan, holding his career-best 32nd ranking. Trent Boult continues as the top-ranked ODI bowler while Babar Azam of Pakistan continues to top the list of batsmen.
