The International Cricket Council (ICC) on November 02 (Wednesday) released updates T20I batting rankings and India's swashbuckling middle-order batter Suryakumar climbed to the top spot, becoming the world's number one batter in the shortest format of the game.
Yadav overtook Pakistan opener Mohammad Rizwan to become just the second Indian player to hold the top T20I batter ranking.
Since beginning his T20I journey for India in March of last year, Yadav has quickly established himself as one of the best batters in the shortest format of the game, scoring one century and 11 fifties from 37 appearances for his country. The 32-year-old Yadav has also played 13 ODIs for India. Yadav has accumulated 863 points with Rizwan at 842 points. New Zealand's Devon Conway completes the top three with 792 points.
The right-handed batter has already played a breathtaking knock in the ongoing T20 World Cup. His counter-attacking display against a destructive South African attack was stunning in its own right. Suryakumar has scored two half-centuries in the 2022 T20 World Cup so far and along with Virat Kohli, he has shouldered the run-scoring load for India.
Against Bangladesh, the Mumbai Indians batter scored 30 runs off 16 balls with the help of four boundaries before Shakib Al Hasan cleaned up the right-handed batter.
(With PTI inputs)
