Babar Azam, Aaron Finch dethrone Virat Kohli from the numeruno spot in T20I rankings
Published - 23 Feb 2018, 04:31 PM | Updated - 22 Aug 2024, 11:49 PM
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In recent developments, Pakistan’s Babar Azam dethroned King Kohli in the latest ICC T20I Rankings. Australian opener Aaron Finch secures the second position in the ranking to push Virat Kohli to the third position in the order.
The Pakistani number three batsman now has 786 points to show for, after his efforts in the New Zealand series. Finch, who had a magnificent Tri-Series at number five, bagged 784 points to secure the second place.
Unlike the ODI series, Virat Kohli is undergoing a disappointing T20I series with scores of 26 and 1 to his name. This dip led him to give away his number 1 position in the rankings with 776 points.
Despite Colin Munro’s firework in the Trans-Tasman Tri-Series, Colin Munro slipped to the fourth position with 773 points.
Men’s T20I Rankings for Batsmen
| Pos | Player | Rating | |
| 1 | Babar Azam | PAK | 786 |
| 2 | Aaron Finch | AUS | 784 |
| 3 | Virat Kohli | IND | 776 |
| 4 | Colin Munro | NZ | 773 |
| 5 | Evin Lewis | WI | 734 |
| 6 | Lokesh Rahul | IND | 726 |
| 7 | Glenn Maxwell | AUS | 700 |
| 8 | Alex Hales | ENG | 690 |
| 9 | Joe Root | ENG | 683 |
| 10 | Hashim Amla | SA | 683 |
For the bowlers, Mitchell Santner gallops towards the number 1 position with 718 points. Santner had a brilliant Triangular series before his campaign was cut short due to injury.
Santner swapped places with his ally, Ish Sodhi, who dropped down to number three position with 712 points to his name. Afghan sensation Rashid Khan sits pretty at the number two position with as many as 717 rating points.
T20I rankings for Bowlers
| Pos | Player | Rating | |
| 1 | Mitchell Santner | NZ | 718 |
| 2 | Rashid Khan | AFG | 717 |
| 3 | Ish Sodhi | NZ | 712 |
| 4 | Jasprit Bumrah | IND | 702 |
| 5 | Samuel Badree | WI | 691 |
| 6 | Imran Tahir | SA | 691 |
| 7 | Imad Wasim | PAK | 677 |
| 8 | Mustafizur Rahman | BAN | 667 |
| 9 | James Faulkner | AUS | 661 |
| 10 | Shakib Al Hasan | BAN | 661 |
The latest ICC rankings did not quite affect the all-rounder’s department as Shakib al Hasan still sits pretty at the top position with 353 points to his name.
T20I rankings for all-rounders
| Pos | Player | Rating | |
| 1 | Shakib Al Hasan | BAN | 353 |
| 2 | Glenn Maxwell | AUS | 330 |
| 3 | Mohammad Nabi | AFG | 275 |
| 4 | Marlon Samuels | WI | 239 |
| 5 | JP Duminy | SA | 213 |
| 6 | Peter Borren | NED | 202 |
| 7 | Mahmudullah | BAN | 199 |
| 8 | Paul Stirling | IRE | 193 |
| 9 | Samiullah Shenwari | AFG | 188 |
In the latest T20I ranking for teams, Pakistan and Australia are joint toppers in the rankings with 126 points. Australia galloped towards the first position from number 7 after winning the Trans-Tasman Triangular Series.
Men’s T20I Team Rankings
| Pos | Team | Matches | Points | Rating |
| 1 | Pakistan | 26 | 3,272 | 126 |
| 2 | Australia | 20 | 2,513 | 126 |
| 3 | India | 30 | 3,607 | 120 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 26 | 3,013 | 116 |
| 5 | West Indies | 22 | 2,538 | 115 |
| 6 | England | 21 | 2,402 | 114 |
| 7 | South Africa | 22 | 2,481 | 113 |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 29 | 2,635 | 91 |
| 9 | Afghanistan | 27 | 2,385 | 88 |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 19 | 1,367 | 72 |
