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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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Babar Azam has emerged as a star and has shared the change room with senior campaigner Shoaib Malik. Photo Credit: Getty Images.

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.

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Babar Azam has emerged as a star and has shared the change room with senior campaigner Shoaib Malik. Photo Credit: Getty Images.

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.

Dawid Malan and Mitchell Santner
Dawid Malan scored 59 before Mitchell Santner dismissed him. (Photo credit should read MARTY MELVILLE/AFP/Getty Images)

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.

Shakib Al Hasan, Nidahas Trophy, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India
Shakib Al Hasan is hopeful to make a comeback in the Nidahas Trophy.(Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

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.

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Australia won the Trans-tasman T20 tri-series. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

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
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