(From left) Pakistan cricketers Saim Ayub, Abrar Ahmed and Mohammad Nawaz. — AFP/PCB/FileÂ
In a optimistic growth, Pakistani gamers registered vital enhancements within the newest ICC Males’s T20I rankings, led by opener Saim Ayub’s return to the highest of the all-rounders’ chart, simply days earlier than the beginning of the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup.
Ayub has been rewarded for his glorious current kind by regaining the No 1 place on the ICC Males’s T20I all-rounder rankings, the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) said in an official assertion.
The star opener participant returned to the highest spot following a sequence of sturdy performances for Pakistan of their 3-0 house whitewash of Australia, changing Zimbabwe veteran Sikandar Raza on the summit of the rankings.
The event comes at a well timed second for Ayub and Pakistan, with the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup set to start on February 7, because the Asian facet appears to be like to assert its second title within the 20-over showpiece and its first since lifting the trophy in 2009.
Ayub scored 119 runs and picked up three wickets throughout the three-match sequence towards Australia.
He was not the one Pakistan participant to profit from the most recent rankings replace following the Australia sequence.
Pakistan spinner Abrar Ahmed climbed two locations to second on the T20I bowlers’ rankings and now sits simply 28 ranking factors behind India’s Varun Chakravarthy, who stays the top-ranked bowler, after claiming six wickets in three matches towards Australia.
Fellow Pakistan spinner Mohammad Nawaz additionally made main progress, leaping eight locations to seventh on the T20I bowlers’ listing after a five-wicket haul within the remaining match of the sequence.
Nawaz additionally rose one place to fourth on the T20I all-rounders’ rankings.
Within the T20I batters’ rankings, Pakistan’s Saim Ayub moved up eight locations to joint twenty seventh, whereas captain Salman Ali Agha climbed 12 positions to twenty ninth.
There was motion throughout the high 10 of the T20I batters’ rankings as India’s Abhishek Sharma retained a commanding lead on the high, whereas England’s Jos Buttler (third), Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka (fifth), India’s Suryakumar Yadav (sixth) and New Zealand’s Tim Seifert (ninth) every gained one place.
A complete of seven completely different groups are represented inside the highest 11 of the batters’ rankings, with the upcoming T20 World Cup anticipated to supply additional alternatives for modifications.
Australia all-rounder Cameron Inexperienced moved up 16 locations to 14th, whereas South Africa’s Quinton de Kock superior 15 spots to joint twenty second on the T20I batters’ listing.
India’s Ishan Kishan registered one of many largest jumps, climbing 32 locations to thirty second, whereas South Africa left-hander Ryan Rickelton surged 42 positions to fortieth.
On the T20I bowlers’ rankings, England’s Adil Rashid rose two locations to fourth and New Zealand’s Mitchell Santner climbed eight spots to joint twenty third, with each gamers anticipated to play key roles for his or her sides through the World Cup.
