Suryakumar Yadav Becomes Highest-ranked Indian Batsman In ICC T20I Player Rankings, Bhuvneshwar Kumar Enters The Top 10 In Bowling Charts

The 31-year-old India National Cricket Team batter Suryakumar Yadav has made big gains in the latest ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings released by the ICC on Wednesday and he has become the highest-ranked Indian batter.

Suryakumar Yadav recently smashed his maiden T20I century in the third and final match of the three-match T20I series against England at the Trent Bridge in Nottingham to achieve a career-high rating of 732 ranking points.

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While chasing the target in the match, India were reduced to 31/3 after they lost the wickets of Rishabh Pant (1) Virat Kohli (11) and Rohit Sharma (11) inside the powerplay. However, Suryakumar Yadav batted brilliantly and completed his maiden T20I century off 48 balls to become the 5th Indian batter to smash a century in T20 International (T20I) cricket.

Overall, he scored 117 runs off 55 balls, including 14 fours and 6 sixes, before being dismissed by Moeen Ali in the 19th over. The 31-year-old’s knock went in vain as India failed to chase the target and lost the match by 17 runs. Also, India captain Rohit Sharma heaped praise on Suryakumar for his sensational knock.

“It was one of the best (innings) in T20s I’ve seen,” India captain Rohit Sharma said. You only get to see that every now and then. We know his quality of him, he’s got shots all over the ground, manoeuvring the field, playing all around the ground. It’s a very rare quality a batter can have and Surya definitely has all of that.”

Suryakumar Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar Make Giant Strides In The Latest Rankings

Suryakumar has jumped 44 spots to 5th overall in the latest ICC Men’s T20I Rankings for batters. Also, his teammate and veteran pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar has made big jumps in the ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings for bowlers.

Bhuvneshwar’s wonderful bowling performance in the T20I series against England helped him win the Player of the Series award. He has jumped seven places to equal seventh in the rankings for bowlers and he has 658 ranking points.

Also, India pacer Harshal Patel is now ranked 23rd in the rankings for bowlers and West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran is now at the 8th spot in the rankings for batters.

Talking about Test rankings, Mitchell Starc is now ranked 10th as he replaced Josh Hazlewood in the ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings for bowlers. Also, Dimuth Karunaratne is now in the seventh spot in the rankings and Dinesh Chandimal has moved up 19 spots to 29th overall after his magnificent double century in the second Test against Australia in Galle.

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