Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Nov 17: Suryakumar Yadav, a middle-order batsman for India, has maintained his top spot in the ICC men’s T20I batting rankings, which were released on Wednesday. This is due to his outstanding performance in the recently finished T20 World Cup in Australia.
After a stellar performance in the Super 12 round of the T20 World Cup, when he hit three fifties in five innings, Suryakumar rose to the top spot among T20I batters.
His performance enabled him to earn an 869-point rating, which was a career high. Suryakumar has managed to maintain his spot atop the leaderboard despite having a rating that fell to 859 after being dismissed for 14 in the semifinal match against England.
The 32-year-old concluded the World Cup as the third-highest run scorer with 239 runs at an exceptional average and strike rate of 59.75 and 189.68, respectively.
Alex Hales of England, who scored an unbroken 86 from 47 deliveries against India in the semifinal, made a significant improvement by moving up 22 spots to No. 12. Hales finished the T20 World Cup as England’s second-highest run scorer with 212 runs at an average of 42.40.
Since making his comeback to the England team earlier this year, Hales has been in fantastic form. His 430 T20I runs in 2022 have been scored at a fantastic average of 30.71 and a similarly excellent strike rate of 145.27.
Babar Azam and Rilee Rossouw are two other batters who advanced to the top 10. The Pakistani captain moved up to No. 3 after scoring the game-winning fifty against New Zealand in the semifinal.
Glenn Phillips of New Zealand fell to eighth place, and Rossouw of South Africa moved up to seventh. In the T20 World Cup match against Bangladesh, Rossouw had a magnificent century.
Mohammad Rizwan, Devon Conway, and Aiden Markram are the other batters in the top five in addition to Suryakumar and Babar.
