Star India batter Suryakumar Yadav has moved three spots up to the second position in the latest T20 batting rankings after his brilliant 44-ball 76 in the third T20I against the West Indies on Tuesday, August 2. He is now wit, moved within two rating points of top-ranked batter, Babar Azam.
The knock against the West Indies won Suryakumar the player of the match award. After the match, he also had 816 rating points, leading the batting charts in the ongoing series with 111 runs in three games, with two more fixtures left to be played out. India leads the series 2-1.
Meanwhile, South Africa batter Reeza Hendricks, who scored half-centuries in all three matches against England, has moved up 16 slots to 15th position.
West Indies batter Brandon King (up 29 places to 27th), England's Jonny Bairstow (up 13 places to 31st), and South Africa's Rilee Rossouw (joint-37th) have also made notable gains.
Heinrich Klaasen and Indian wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant (66th spot) have also moved up in the rankings.
Tabraiz Shamsi makes strides as well
South Africa spinner Tabraiz Shamsi, who grabbed eight wickets in the series against England, has made remarkable gains in the T20 bowlers ranking and advanced to the second spot. He improved a massive 19 rating points due to his impressive show against England.
Shamsi, who was top-ranked from April to October in 2021, has advanced one slot but remains 64 rating points adrift of the top-ranked Josh Hazlewood, who is on 792 rating points.
West Indies spinner Akeal Hosein (up three places to sixth), England's Chris Jordan (up one place to 16th), New Zealand spinners Mitchell Santner (up three places to 17th), and Ish Sodhi (up two places to 19th) are among the others to move up.
Among other news in the ODI batting rankings, India opener Shikhar Dhawan has moved up one slot to 12th position after a half-century in the last match of their series in the West Indies. And Bowlers Yuzvendra Chahal (16th) and Shardul Thakur (72nd) have also moved up in the rankings while West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran is up two places to 30th.
