Suryakumar Yadav rules cricket world after rankings upgrade
Suryakumar Yadav, the great batsman for India, keeps winning awards as the No. 1 batter in the world registers even better performances on the most recent MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Batting Rankings.
Yadav, who appeared unsatisfied with his 239 runs at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, concluded with a total of 124 runs while being removed just once during India’s recent T20I series in New Zealand.
Yadav scored an outstanding undefeated 111 runs in the second game of the series in Mount Maunganui, and following his performance at Bay Oval, the 32-year-old reached a rating of 895 points, a career high.
ICC Men’s ODI Team Rankings as of today
Yadav’s rating fell to 890 points after only 13 runs were scored in the third and final game of the series in Napier, but he still enjoys a career-high 54-point lead over his closest rival in the T20I batter standings.
Pakistan opener Mohammad Rizwan (836 rating points) maintains his place at No.2 on the latest T20I rankings for batters. At the same time, New Zealand’s Devon Conway (788) jumps in front of Babar Azam (778) and into third place following his team-high 84 runs during the series against India.
There were a host of other movers on the latest T20I batter rankings following that rain-affected series in New Zealand, with India opener Ishan Kishan (up 10 spots to 33rd) making an eye-catching rise.
New Zealand duo Glenn Phillips (up one spot to seventh) and Kane Williamson (up five spots to 35th) also appeared in good touch against India and were rewarded by moving up the latest rankings list for batters.
Suryakumar Yadav rules cricket world after rankings upgrade
There was no change inside the top 10 on the T20I bowler rankings this week, although India seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar (up two spots to 11th) and New Zealand veteran Tim Southee (up two places to equal 14th) made some ground just outside.
Men’s T20I Bowling Rankings
Meanwhile, a host of Australia stars were the big winners on the latest ODI rankings on the back of their dominant series sweep at home over England.
Experienced opener David Warner scored a century and a half-century during that series and that helped the 36-year-old move up one place to fifth overall behind No.1-ranked Babar on the latest list for batters.
Men’s ODI Batting Rankings
Fellow veteran Steve Smith jumps three places to seventh overall, while left-hander Travis Head – who finished as the leading run-scorer for the series with 240 runs – improves 12 spots to 30th.
Two of Australia’s bowlers also make good gains, with left-arm quick Mitchell Starc moving up four spots to fourth overall and spinner Adam Zampa rising to a career-high rating of 655 points and jumping eight spots to equal seventh after picking up more wickets (11) than any other player during the series.
