Abhishek Sharma, India’s flamboyant opener, has established a new rating points record for batters in the ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings following his Player of the Series performance in the Asia Cup in the UAE.
The 25-year-old left-hander received 931 ratings points, 12 higher than the previous high of 919 achieved by England’s Dawid Malan in 2020. Abhishek attained the milestone after scoring 61 against Sri Lanka and finished the tournament with 926 ratings, 82 more than second-placed Phil Salt of England. Abhishek also scored 75 against Bangladesh this week.
Tilak Varma has acquired 28 rating points with undefeated knocks of 49 against Sri Lanka and 69 against Pakistan, although he remains in third place.
Sri Lanka opener Pathum Nissanka, who scored 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) have also risen in the rankings.
India’s left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav, who took four wickets against Pakistan in the final, has risen nine places to 12th place, 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) have all risen in the bowling rankings.
Saim Ayub top ranked T20I all-rounder
Pakistan’s Saim Ayub has gained four slots to reach 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.
Airee has retained fourth position but gained five rating points to reach 214, 27 behind Ayub. Airee has also gained 10 slots to reach 72nd position among bowlers. Lalit Rajbanshi (up six places to 51st) among bowlers and Aasif Sheikh (up three places to 77th) among batters are other Nepal players to gain after their historic series win over the West Indies.
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