Moeen Ali Takes A Huge Leap In The Latest Update Of ICC T20I All-Rounders’ Rankings

England all-rounder and recently their stand-in captain against the West Indies in their five-match T20I series, Moeen Ali has seen a significant up movement in the latest update of the ICC T20I all-rounders’ rankings which was released on February 2, 2022.

The left-handed batter and right-arm off-spinner led from the front after regular captain Eoin Morgan missed the last two T20 Internationals against West Indies due to a quad injury. Moeen shined despite the tourists losing the five-match series 3-2 in Barbados.

Moeen made 108 runs at a strike rate of 146 throughout the middle to late-over stretches in England’s batting innings, also taking five wickets across 13 overs, at an economy of 7.15. He also smacked some huge sixes in the encounters, including seven staggering sixes in a blitz of 63 in the fourth match of the series.

This helped Moeen Ali leapfrog Glenn Maxwell and Wanindu Hasaranga on the ICC Men’s T20I All-Rounder rankings, sitting in third behind Mohammad Nabi (265) and top-ranked Shakib Al Hasan (231).

Big gains for England's Moeen Ali in the latest update of the @MRFWorldwide ICC Men's T20I Player Rankings for all-rounders ?

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Jason Holder Makes Huge Gains In All-Rounder And Bowling Rankings Update

Apart from Moeen Ali’s upswing, West Indies captain Kieron Pollard jumped 14 places into the top 20, after being dismissed just once in the series and striking at 140 with the bat. He also scalped four wickets in the series, bowling regularly.

Jason Holder (up 15 spots to 34th) and Romario Shepherd (up 12 spots to 70th) were other notable gainers. Jason Holder, the leading wicket-taker of the series with 15, climbed three spots to 23^rd in the bowling rankings as well. He had picked a double hat-trick, four wickets in four balls in the final T20I, to helped West Indies clinch the series 3-2.

Nicholas Pooran moved up eight places to 18^th in the ICC T20I batting rankings, thanks to topping the run charts in the series with 164 at a strike rate of 122. Brandon King, a key member of the hosts’ top-order in the series, also made a 25-spot leap to 58th.

On the bowling side, Adil Rashid consolidated his third-place spot, though it was opposing spinner Akeal Hosein who make everyone sit up and take notice of his talent, as his eight wickets helped him move up 15 places to 18th.

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