Rashid, Munro and Maxwell take top spots in T20I rankings
- Kumar, Malan, Sarkar, Mendis and Tye among others to gain in latest update
Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan has moved up to take top position among bowlers in the latest MRF Tyres ICC T20I Player Rankings with some fine performances in a 2-0 series win over Zimbabwe.
Rashid, who last week became the youngest male cricketer to be top-ranked in the ICC rankings when he rose up to joint-first in ODIs, has moved up after taking five wickets in the two-match series in Sharjah to complete the double.
The 19-year-old Rashid’s movement was not the only one at the top as New Zealand opener Colin Munro and Australia’s Glenn Maxwell became the top-ranked batsman and all-rounder, respectively. The latest update includes performances in the Trans-Transman series in New Zealand that also featured Australia and England, a three-match series in South Africa that India won 2-1, and Sri Lanka’s 2-0 win over hosts Bangladesh.
Left-handed Munro has gained three slots after scoring 176 runs in the Trans-Tasman series, which came with the help of two fifties and at a strike-rate of almost 210. Maxwell regained the top slot for all-rounders scoring 233 runs and grabbing three wickets in the tournament.
In the list of batsmen, New Zealand opener Martin Guptill (up six places to fifth) has made significant movement after scoring 258 runs while England’s Dawid Malan (up 127 places to a career-best 22nd), India opener Shikhar Dhawan (up 14 places to a career-best 28th), South Africa captain Jean-Paul Duminy (up four places to 24th) Bangladesh’s Soumya Sarkar (up three places to 20th) and Sri Lanka’s Kusal Mendis (up 66 places to 75th) are among the others to gain.
Among bowlers, New Zealand leg-spinner Ish Sodhi has gained one position to take second rank but is 59 points adrift of Rashid. India pace bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar (up 20 places to 12th) and England leg-spinner Adil Rashid (up eight places to 15th) have made noteworthy gains while Australia fast bowler Andrew Tye’s 10 wickets have helped him jump 53 places to a career-best 49th position.
Meanwhile, India have gained one point and South Africa have lost one point in the MRF Tyres ICC T20I Team Rankings after their closely-fought series and retain their third and seventh positions, respectively. Pakistan are on the top of the table at 126 points but only fractionally ahead of Australia.
MRF Tyres ICC T20I Team Rankings (as of 25 February):
|
Rank |
Team |
Points |
|
1 |
Pakistan |
126 |
|
2 |
Australia |
126 |
|
3 |
India |
122 (+1) |
|
4 |
New Zealand |
116 |
|
5 |
Windies |
115 |
|
6 |
England |
114 |
|
7 |
South Africa |
111 (-1) |
|
8 |
Sri Lanka |
91 |
|
9 |
Afghanistan |
88 |
|
10 |
Bangladesh |
72 |
|
11 |
Scotland |
67 |
|
12 |
Zimbabwe |
61 |
|
13 |
UAE |
52 |
|
14 |
Netherlands |
49 |
|
15 |
Hong Kong |
46 |
|
16 |
PNG |
39 |
|
17 |
Oman |
38 |
|
18 |
Ireland |
36 |
(Developed by David Kendix)
MRF Tyres ICC T20I Player Rankings ( as of 25 February) :
Batsmen (top 20)
|
Rank |
(+/-) |
Player |
Team |
Pts |
Avge |
S/R |
Highest Rating |
|
1 |
(+3) |
Colin Munro |
NZ |
801 |
33.51 |
164 |
805 v Pak at Wellington 2018 |
|
2 |
(+5) |
Glenn Maxwell |
Aus |
799 |
34.58 |
166 |
801 v NZ at Auckland 2018 |
|
3 |
(-2) |
Babar Azam |
Pak |
786* |
48.08 |
122 |
787 v NZ at Auckland 2018 |
|
4 |
(-2) |
Aaron Finch |
Aus |
763 |
40.20 |
152 |
892 v Ban at Mirpur 2014 |
|
5 |
(+6) |
Martin Guptill |
NZ |
747 |
34.40 |
133 |
793 v SA at Hamilton 2012 |
|
6 |
(-3) |
Virat Kohli |
Ind |
741 |
50.84 |
137 |
897 v Eng at Edgbaston 2014 |
|
7 |
(-2) |
Evin Lewis |
Win |
734* |
36.00 |
155 |
780 v Eng at Durham 2017 |
|
8 |
(-2) |
Lokesh Rahul |
Ind |
683* |
50.88 |
148 |
757 v SL at Indore 2017 |
|
9 |
(-1) |
Alex Hales |
Eng |
679 |
31.65 |
136 |
866 v Ind at Edgbaston 2014 |
|
10 |
(+2) |
M. Shahzad |
Afg |
653 |
31.85 |
136 |
706 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017 |
|
11 |
(RE) |
H. Masakadza |
Zim |
648 |
29.20 |
118 |
699 v Ban at Khulna 2016 |
|
12 |
(-3) |
H. Amla |
SA |
643 |
34.51 |
133 |
683 v Ban at Potchefstroom 2017 |
|
13 |
( - ) |
Kane Williamson |
NZ |
634 |
31.33 |
121 |
760 v Ban at Napier 2017 |
|
14 |
(-5) |
Joe Root |
Eng |
630 |
39.10 |
129 |
750 v Win at Kolkata 2016 |
|
15 |
(+2) |
Eoin Morgan |
Eng |
618 |
29.96 |
132 |
872 v Ind at Old Trafford 2011 |
|
16 |
( - ) |
Shaiman Anwar |
UAE |
615 |
31.12 |
121 |
636 v PNG at Abu Dhabi 2017 |
|
17 |
(-2) |
Rohit Sharma |
Ind |
604 |
30.52 |
136 |
681 v Ban at Mirpur 2016 |
|
18 |
(-4) |
Fafs du Plessis |
SA |
594 |
36.09 |
133 |
843 v Ban at Mirpur 2015 |
|
19 |
( - ) |
David Warner |
Aus |
589 |
26.74 |
140 |
826 v Win at St Lucia 2010 |
|
20 |
(+5) |
Soumya Sarkar |
Ban |
581* |
20.89 |
129 |
599 v SL at Mirpur 2018 |
Bowlers (top 20)
|
Rank |
(+/-) |
Player |
Team |
Pts |
Avge |
ECO |
Highest Rating |
|
1 |
(+1) |
Rashid Khan |
Afg |
759! |
13.72 |
5.86 |
759 v Zim at Sharjah 2018 |
|
2 |
(+1) |
Ish Sodhi |
NZ |
700 |
19.33 |
7.43 |
739 v Pak at Wellington 2018 |
|
3 |
(+2) |
Samuel Badree |
Win |
691 |
18.72 |
5.98 |
855 v Pak at Mirpur 2014 |
|
4 |
(+3) |
Imad Wasim |
Pak |
677 |
20.25 |
6.01 |
780 v Win at Trinidad 2017 |
|
5 |
(-1) |
Jasprit Bumrah |
Ind |
674 |
20.43 |
6.85 |
764 v Eng at Bengaluru 2017 |
|
6 |
(-5) |
Mitchell Santner |
NZ |
665 |
21.37 |
7.14 |
731 v Pak at Wellington 2018 |
|
7 |
(+1) |
M. Rahman |
Ban |
656 |
16.92 |
6.55 |
695 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2017 |
|
8 |
(-3) |
Imran Tahir |
SA |
650 |
15.85 |
6.80 |
795 v NZ at Auckland 2017 |
|
9 |
(+2) |
Sunil Narine |
Win |
636 |
20.68 |
6.02 |
817 v Pak at St. Vincent 2013 |
|
10 |
(-1) |
Shakib Al Hasan |
Ban |
635 |
20.65 |
6.79 |
672 v Pak at Mirpur 2014 |
|
11 |
(+1) |
M. Naveed |
UAE |
626 |
17.27 |
6.06 |
632 v Afg at Dubai (GCA) 2016 |
|
12 |
(+20) |
B. Kumar |
Ind |
622! |
22.07 |
6.74 |
622 v SA at Cape Town 2018 |
|
13 |
(+1) |
Shadab Khan |
Pak |
608*! |
16.15 |
6.41 |
608 v NZ at Bay Oval 2018 |
|
14 |
(+2) |
Y. Chahal |
Ind |
605* |
19.14 |
8.40 |
617 v SA at Centurion 2018 |
|
15 |
(+8) |
Adil Rashid |
Eng |
601! |
30.17 |
7.79 |
601 v NZ at Hamilton 2018 |
|
16 |
(+1) |
Trent Boult |
NZ |
599 |
21.18 |
8.53 |
622 v Aus at Sydney 2018 |
|
17 |
(-2) |
Chris Jordan |
Eng |
598 |
27.88 |
8.77 |
628 v Ind at Nagpur 2017 |
|
18 |
(-9) |
James Faulkner |
Aus |
597 |
19.00 |
7.96 |
688 v SL at Adelaide 2017 |
|
19 |
(-6) |
Hamza Hotak |
Afg |
590 |
24.68 |
6.75 |
627 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017 |
|
20 |
(RE) |
Graeme Cremer |
Zim |
589 |
18.85 |
6.94 |
669 v Ban at Khulna 2016 |
All-rounders (top five) ****
|
Rank |
(+/-) |
Player |
Team |
Pts |
Highest Rating |
|
1 |
(+1) |
Glenn Maxwell |
Aus |
390 |
396 v Eng at Melbourne 2018 |
|
2 |
(-1) |
Shakib Al Hasan |
Ban |
326 |
408 v Pak at Mirpur 2015 |
|
3 |
( - ) |
Mohammad Nabi |
Afg |
292! |
292 v Zim at Sharjah 2018 |
|
4 |
( - ) |
Marlon Samuels |
Win |
239 |
321 v SL at Mirpur 2014 |
|
5 |
( - ) |
JP Duminy |
SA |
235 |
276 v Ban at Mirpur 2015 |
*indicates provisional rating
! indicates best rating
For more information on player rankings, please click here.
