Pakistan captain Babar Azam and his opening partner Mohammad Rizwan performed well to jump one place in the ICC Men’s T20 Player Rankings while the latter remained at number two.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) released the latest rankings on its website on Wednesday.
Babar and Rizwan will have a chance to close the gap on India’s Suryakumar Yadav, who is at the top spot and is currently playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL), as the pair clash in the upcoming five-match T20I series. Will be in action. The series against New Zealand will start from April 14 in Lahore.
“Babar moved to third in the rankings updated by the ICC on Wednesday and will get another chance to overtake Suryakumar when Pakistan begin a five-match series against New Zealand on Saturday,” the ICC said. will open the T20I series,” said the ICC.
“While Surya Kumar currently tops the T20I batsmen rankings with 906 rating points, second-ranked Rizwan (811) and third-ranked Babar (755) could benefit as the Indian star plies his trade. Moving forward. IPL
“Ironically, it was Dion Conway’s absence in New Zealand’s series against Sri Lanka that saw Babar move up a notch to third in the latest rankings, the Kiwi batsman also in Chennai in the IPL. were with the Super Kings.”
No Pakistani player is in the top 10 of the ICC bowlers’ rankings in T20Is, with all-rounder Shadab Khan at 12th.
Shadab is also the only Pakistani player in the top 10 of the T20I all-rounder rankings after finishing fourth.
