Star batter Suryakumar Yadav stayed placed on second place within the newest ICC Males’s T20I batting rankings, which additionally options Ruturaj Gaikwad, who made vital progress following his exploits within the ongoing away collection towards Zimbabwe. Suryakumar is positioned second with 821 score factors behind Australia’s Travis Head, who has 844 score factors. Phil Salt of England is paced third with 797 factors, forward of Pakistan skipper Babar Azam (755), Mohammad Rizwan (746) and Jos Buttler (716). Gaikwad has gained 13 locations to climb to the seventh spot within the rankings on the again of a stellar 77 not out off 47 balls in a complete 100-run win for India within the second T20I towards Zimbabwe.
With most of India’s ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2024-winning squad rested for the Zimbabwe tour, the five-game collection has allowed India’s back-up gamers to showcase their expertise, and with the retirement of stalwarts Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja, the upcoming gamers could make an excellent case for an everyday place within the aspect.
Other than Gaikwad, Rinku Singh and Abhishek Sharma additionally made strong beneficial properties among the many India batters.
Rinku, who was among the many reserves for the T20 World Cup, jumped 4 locations to succeed in the thirty ninth spot on the again of an attacking 48 not out from 22 balls within the second T20I.
And after a duck within the first recreation, all-rounder Abhishek smashed a surprising 100 from simply 47 balls within the second recreation. With this spectacular knock, he entered the rankings for the primary time at seventy fifth spot.
Zimbabwe’s Brian Bennett gained 25 locations to complete on the 96th place courtesy of his two attacking cameos, making 22 off 15 and 26 off 9 within the two matches.
Within the bowlers’ T20I chart, left-arm spinner Axar Patel dropped two locations to be the lone Indian in top-10 on the ninth place with 644 score factors.
Fellow left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav additionally dropped three locations to the eleventh spot, whereas T20 World Cup’s player-of-the-tournament Jasprit Bumrah additionally slid two rungs to 14th place.
Moreover, there have been some actions within the prime 10 positions of the bowling rankings, with Adam Zampa (seventh), Fazalhaq Farooqi (eighth), and Maheesh Theekshana (tenth) gaining positions.
India’s Ravi Bishnoi, along with his six scalps within the first two video games towards Zimbabwe, jumped eight locations to maneuver to the 14th spot.
Blessing Muzarabani additionally gained eight positions after the primary two matches, as much as fifty fifth, along with his spell of 1/17 instrumental in Zimbabwe successful the primary T20I.
India vice-captain Hardik Pandya, in the meantime, dropped a spot to the second place within the T20I all-rounders’ rankings.
Wanindu Hasaranga of Sri Lanka moved to pole place.
India’s Washington Sundar entered the highest 50 on the again of his quickfire 27 within the first recreation, in addition to his three wickets in two outings.
Axar is positioned twelfth within the all-rounders’ rankings.
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