After formidable performances in the Super 12 for India, in-form batter Suryakumar Yadav has consolidated his top spot in the ICC T20I rankings, while left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh climbed to a career-best 23rd among the bowlers in the latest list released on Wednesday, November 9.
Suryakumar has been in sizzling form in the ongoing T20 World Cup, with 225 runs from five matches at a strike rate of 193.96. In India's last group match, Yadav blasted a 25-ball 61 as he added six points in the weekly rankings update to go 39 points clear of second-placed Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan.
He now has a career-high 869 points as he continues to dominate the T20I rankings.
Next on the list is New Zealand's Devon Conway, 90 points behind Surya, while Pakistan captain Babar Azam is a further seven points behind the Kiwi in fourth place.
India vice-captain KL Rahul’s half-centuries against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe have lifted him five positions to 16th while Virat Kohli and skipper Rohit Sharma are 11th and 18th respectively.
In the bowling chart, making quiet progress in Australia with his timely breakthroughs, Arshdeep has gained four slots to go to 23rd place, one behind his Pakistani counterpart Shaheen Afridi. Senior spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, on the other hand, has advanced five places to 13th after picking up three Zimbabwe wickets.
Meanwhile, Sri Lankan bowling all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga, who is the leading wicket-taker of the T20 World Cup, is back as the number-one bowler. Hasaranga took 15 wickets during Sri Lanka's Super 12 finish in the T20 showpiece and has ended Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan's reign at the top, regaining the number one spot that he last held in November last year.
In the all-rounder's rankings, Zimbabwe’s Sean Williams is the only new arrival in the top 10, while Shadab Khan of Pakistan jumped 10 places to 15.
There is one new arrival in the top 10 of the rankings for bowlers too, with England’s Adil Rashid rising to eighth, one spot behind his compatriot Sam Curran.
(With PTI inputs)
