Pakistan’s Saim Ayub secured the top all-rounder spot as the International Cricket Council (ICC) issued the new rankings of T20I on Wednesday. Indian Abhishek Sharma secured the top position in the batting.
Saim Ayub gained four slots to reach the No. 1 position among all-rounders for the first time in his career, overtaking Sikandar Raza of Zimbabwe, Deependra Airee of Nepal, Mohammad Nabi of Afghanistan, and Hardik Pandya of India.
Abhishek Sharma has set a new rating points for batters in the ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings after his Player of the Series effort in the Asia Cup held in the United Arab Emirates. England’s Phil Salt secured second place in batting. Indian Tilak Varma remained in third position. Sri Lanka opener Pathum Nissanka, who struck a century against India, has moved into the top five, while Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan (up 11 places to 13th), India’s Sanju Samson (up eight places to 31st), and Bangladesh’s Saif Hassan (up 45 places to 36th) are among the others to move up the rankings in batting.
In bowling, India’s left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who bagged four wickets against Pakistan in the final, has advanced nine places to 12th position while Pakistan’s left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi (up 12 places to 13th), Bangladesh leg-spinner Rishad Hossain (up six places to 20th), India pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah (up 12 places to 29th) and Pakistan’s left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz (up five places to 41st).
