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ICC Ranking: Star batsman Suryakumar Yadav remains in second place in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's T20 International batting rankings. Rituraj Gaikwad's ranking has also improved after a good performance in the ongoing series in Zimbabwe. Suryakumar is in second place with 821 points. Australia's Travis Head is at the top with 844 points.
The advantage to Gaikwad is that
England's Phil Salt is in third place with 797 points, followed by Pakistan captain Babar Azam (755), Mohammad Rizwan (746) and Jos Buttler (716). Gaikwad, who scored an unbeaten 77 off 47 balls during India's comfortable 100-run win over Zimbabwe in the second T20I, has moved up 13 places to seventh position.
With most members of India's ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 winning squad rested for the Zimbabwe tour, the five-match series will give India's backup players a chance to showcase their talent and the likes of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja will get a chance to cement their place in the team after retiring from the format.
Rinku-Abhishek's ranking improves
Apart from Gaikwad, the rankings of Rinku Singh and Abhishek Sharma have also improved. Rinku, who is among India's reserve players for the T20 World Cup, is at the 39th position with a gain of four places. He scored an unbeaten 48 off 22 balls in the second T20.
After failing to open his account in the first match, all-rounder Abhishek scored 100 runs in just 47 balls in the second match. With the help of this innings, he has reached the rankings for the first time at 75th position. Zimbabwe's Brian Bennett has climbed 25 places to reach 96th position. He scored 22 runs in 15 balls and 26 runs in nine balls in two matches against India.
defeat of akshar patel
Left-arm spinner Axar Patel is the only Indian bowler in the top 10 in the T20 International bowlers' list at the ninth position. He has lost two places. He has 644 points. India's other left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav has also slipped three places to 11th position. T20 World Cup Player of the Year Jasprit Bumrah has also dropped two places to 14th position.
Among the top 10 bowlers, Adam Zampa (seventh), Fazalhaq Farooqi (eighth) and Mahish Tikhasna (10th) improved their rankings. India's Ravi Bishnoi, who took six wickets in the first two matches against Zimbabwe, has moved up eight places to 14th position.
Pandya slipped one place while
Zimbabwe's Blessing Mujrabani also moved up eight places to 55th position. India's vice-captain Hardik Pandya has lost one place in the list of T20 International all-rounders. He is at second place. Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga is at the top. India's Washington Sundar, who took three wickets in two matches apart from scoring 27 runs in the first match, has made it to the top 50. Akshar is at 12th position in the list of all-rounders.