Sri Lanka must win one match to retain No.1 T20I ranking
Sri Lanka goes head to head with New Zealand in a two-match Twenty20 International series needing to win, at least, one match to retain its top position on the Reliance ICC T20I Team Rankings Table.
Sri Lanka, currently ranked number one with 128 ratings, needs to win one of the two matches in the series against New Zealand to retain the top spot. Sri Lanka enters the series leading seventh-ranked New Zealand by 25 ratings points. Because the rankings are weighted to reflect this difference, Sri Lanka’s failure to win both the matches will result in it losing as many as eight points, which means either India, South Africa or Pakistan could become the number-one ranked side, depending on how the series between South Africa and Pakistan pans out.
However, if Sri Lanka wins a match in the series, it will retain the number-one ranking and will increase the lead if it makes it two out of two against the Blackcaps.
In the scenario of New Zealand beating Sri Lanka 2-0, either South Africa or Pakistan will need to make a clean sweep to claim the top spot from Sri Lanka.
However, if South Africa and Pakistan end up with a 1-1 deadlock, then India will move to the top of the tree.
Scenario 1:
Sri Lanka number 1
If Sri Lanka wins 2-0, Pakistan v South Africa ends in a 1-1 draw
1 Sri Lanka 130
2 India 123
3 South Africa 123
4 Pakistan 120
8 New Zealand 101
Scenario 2:
India number 1
If New Zealand wins 2-0, Pakistan v South Africa ends in a 1-1 draw.
1 India 123
2 South Africa 123
3 Pakistan 120
4 Sri Lanka 120
7 New Zealand 110
Scenario 3
Pakistan number 1
If New Zealand wins 2-0 and Pakistan wins 2-0
1 Pakistan 124
2 India 123
3 Sri Lanka 120
5 South Africa 118
7 New Zealand 110
Scenario 4
South Africa number 1
If New Zealand wins 2-0 and South Africa wins 2-0
1 South Africa 127
2 India 123
3 Sri Lanka 120
5 Pakistan 117
7 New Zealand 110
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Faf du Plessis enters the top 20 of T20I batting for first time
South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has made it to the top 20 of the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for T20I batsmen for the first time in his career.
Du Plessis has jumped 16 places to a career-high 12th position in the latest update that was released on Saturday, a day after he led his side to a 2-0 series win over Pakistan in Dubai.
South Africa beat Pakistan by six runs to seal the 2-0 series sweep on Friday, with du Plessis being named Man of the Match for his unbeaten knock of 58.
The latest rankings update also takes into account the one-off Bangladesh-New Zealand match on 6 November.
Outside the top 20 of the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for T20I batsmen, Ross Taylor in 35th (up by two), Hashim Amla in 55th (up by 22), Mushfiqur Rahim in 63rd (up by 18) and Nasir Hossain in 67th (up by seven) and Quinton de Kock in 75th (up by 92).
The Reliance ICC Player Rankings for T20I batsmen is still headed by England’s Alex Hales with New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum in second spot and India’s Virat Kohli in third place.
Meanwhile, South Africa fast bowlers Dale Steyn and Lonwabo Tsotsobe are back in the top 20 of the latest Reliance ICC Player Ranking for T20I bowlers.
Steyn with five wickets ended as the top wicket-taker in the series and has been rewarded with a jump of 10 places to 11th. Tsotsobe, on the other hand, has jumped 16 places to 15th.
The bowlers’ table is still headed by West Indies’ Sunil Narine, with Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal in third place. Pakistan captain Mohammed Hafeez has ceded the third place to Ajantha Mendis of Sri Lanka and moved to fourth place.
Forthcoming fixtures:
Sri Lanka v New Zealand
19 November: 1st T20I, Pallekele (d/n)
21 November: 2nd T20I, Pallekele (d/n)
South Africa v Pakistan
20 November: 1st T20I, Johannesburg (d/n)
22 November: 2nd T20I, Cape Town (d/n)
ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier
19 November: Kenya v Scotland
22 November: Netherlands v Scotland
23 November: Kenya v Netherlands
24 November: Afghanistan v Kenya
Reliance ICC T20I Rankings (as of 15 November)
| Rank | Team | Rating |
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 128 |
| 2 | India | 123 |
| 3 | South Africa | 123 |
| 4 | Pakistan | 120 |
| 5 | West Indies | 120 |
| 6 | England | 112 |
| 7 | New Zealand | 103 |
| 8 | Australia | 102 |
| 9 | Ireland | 81 |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 72 |
| 11 | Afghanistan | 68 |
| 12 | Scotland | 62 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 51 |
| 14 | Zimbabwe | 46 |
| 15 | Kenya | 41 |
Not ranked as fewer than eight T20I matches played since August 2010:
Canada - 6
Reliance ICC T20I Rankings (as of 15 November post one-off Bangladesh-New Zealand and Pakistan-South Africa series) Batsmen
| Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Pts | Ave | S/R | HS Rating |
| 1 | ( - ) | Alex Hales | Eng | 842! | 39.11 | 136 | 842 v Aus at Durham 2013 |
| 2 | ( - ) | B McCullum | NZ | 802 | 35.50 | 135 | 849 v Ban at Pallekele 2012 |
| 3 | ( - ) | Virat Kohli | Ind | 749*! | 34.52 | 130 | 749 v Aus at Rajkot 2013 |
| 4 | (+1) | M Jayawardena | SL | 731 | 32.48 | 134 | 785 v Aus at Pallekele 2011 |
| 5 | (+1) | Shane Watson | Aus | 729 | 29.42 | 150 | 832 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2012 |
| 6 | (+1) | David Warner | Aus | 728 | 28.63 | 138 | 826 v WI at St Lucia 2010 |
| 7 | (-3) | Martin Guptill | NZ | 723 | 35.39 | 124 | 793 v SA at Hamilton 2012 |
| 8 | ( - ) | Suresh Raina | Ind | 712 | 33.03 | 136 | 776 v Eng at Kolkata 2011 |
| 9 | ( - ) | Yuvraj Singh | Ind | 705 | 33.38 | 153 | 793 v SA at St Lucia 2010 |
| 10= | ( - ) | Chris Gayle | WI | 702 | 33.30 | 143 | 831 v Aus at Colombo (RPS) 2012 |
| ( - ) | Aaron Finch | Aus | 702*! | 52.28 | 179 | 702 v Ind at Rajkot 2013 | |
| 12= | (+1) | H Masakadza | Zim | 672 | 28.40 | 115 | 685 v Ban at Bulawayo 2013 |
| (+16) | F du Plessis | SA | 672*! | 39.80 | 122 | 672 v Pak at Dubai 2013 | |
| 14 | ( - ) | Marlon Samuels | WI | 667 | 30.50 | 135 | 723 v Ban at Mirpur 2012 |
| 15 | ( - ) | T Dilshan | SL | 663 | 29.34 | 121 | 802 v NZ at Colombo (RPS) 2009 |
| 16 | ( - ) | K Sangakkara | SL | 658 | 31.83 | 120 | 763 v WI at Barbados 2010 |
| 17= | ( - ) | Eoin Morgan | Eng | 655 | 33.25 | 131 | 872 v Ind at Old Trafford 2011 |
| (-5) | JP Duminy | SA | 655 | 34.96 | 122 | 694 v Eng at Durham 2012 | |
| 19 | ( -1) | M Hafeez | Pak | 611 | 23.76 | 118 | 643 v SA at Centurion 2013 |
| 20 | ( - 1) | Ahmed Shehzad | Pak | 610* | 28.93 | 121 | 634 v Zim at Harare 2013 |
Selected Rankings
| Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Pts | Ave | S/R | HS Rating |
| 21 | ( - ) | Umar Akmal | Pak | 593 | 27.47 | 118 | 709 v Zim at Harare 2011 |
| 34 | ( -2 ) | AB de Villiers | SA | 478 | 21.89 | 121 | 571 v WI at Antigua 2010 |
| 35 | ( +2 ) | Ross Taylor | NZ | 472 | 24.00 | 120 | 538 v Pak at Hamilton 2010 |
| 37 | (-2) | Shahid Afridi | Pak | 467 | 17.83 | 142 | 537 v SA at Abu Dhabi 2010 |
| 47 | ( - ) | Nasir Jamshaid | Pak | 397* | 21.73 | 118 | 464 v Aus at Colombo (RPS) 2012 |
| 55 | (+22) | Hashim Amla | SA | 376*! | 22.00 | 119 | 376 v Pak at Dubai 2013 |
| 56 | ( - ) | Shoaib Malik | Pak | 374 | 23.25 | 107 | 577 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2009 |
| 61 | ( -2 ) | David Miller | SA | 344* | 26.18 | 130 | 372 v SL at Hambantota 2013 |
| 63 | ( +18) | Mushfiqur Rahim | Ban | 336*! | 18.33 | 118 | 336 v NZ at Mirpur 2013 |
| 67 | ( +7 ) | Nasir Hossain | Ban | 325*! | 25.60 | 122 | 325 v NZ at Mirpur 2013 |
| 75 | ( +92 ) | Quinton de Kock | SA | 306*! | 29.60 | 111 | 306 v Pak at Dubai 2013 |
| 88 | (+74) | Colin Munro | NZ | 264*! | 28.60 | 138 | 264 v Ban at Mirpur 2013 |
| 91 | (+17) | Mahmudullah | Ban | 246*! | 13.60 | 100 | 246 v NZ at Mirpur 2013 |
Bowlers
| Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Pts | Ave | Econ | HS Rating |
| 1 | ( - ) | Sunil Narine | WI | 817! | 16.75 | 5.94 | 817 v Pak at St. Vincent 2013 |
| 2 | ( - ) | Saeed Ajmal | Pak | 738 | 16.96 | 6.19 | 788 v NZ at Pallekele 2012 |
| 3 | (+1) | Ajantha Mendis | SL | 686 | 12.84 | 6.10 | 762 v WI at Colombo (RPS) 2012 |
| 4 | (-1) | M Hafeez | Pak | 680 | 20.83 | 6.56 | 689 v Zim at Harare 2013 |
| 5 | (+1) | Steven Finn | Eng | 667! | 19.48 | 7.16 | 667 v Aus at Durham 2013 |
| 6 | (+1) | Jade Dernbach | Eng | 664! | 20.48 | 7.86 | 664 v Aus at Durham 2013 |
| 7 | (+2) | Prosper Utseya | Zim | 659 | 28.04 | 6.57 | 667 v Pak at Harare 2013 |
| 8= | ( +2 ) | N Kulasekara | SL | 655 | 24.50 | 7.21 | 676 v Aus at Melbourne 2013 |
| ( -3 ) | Shakib Al Hasan | Ban | 655 | 19.84 | 6.75 | 668 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013 | |
| 10 | ( -2 ) | Abdur Razzak | Ban | 654 | 18.94 | 6.97 | 661 v Ire at Belfast 2012 |
| 11 | ( +10) | Dale Steyn | SA | 647 | 15.54 | 6.16 | 688 v WI at Antigua 2010 |
| 12 | ( - ) | N McCullum | NZ | 639 | 21.39 | 6.90 | 709 v Zim at Harare 2011 |
| 13 | (- 2) | Shahid Afridi | Pak | 629 | 22.86 | 6.45 | 814 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2009 |
| 14 | ( -1 ) | Graeme Swann | Eng | 625 | 16.84 | 6.36 | 760 v Pak at Cardiff 2010 |
| 15 | (+16) | L Tsotsobe | SA | 624*! | 23.50 | 6.37 | 624 v Pak at Dubai 2013 |
| 16 | ( -2 ) | Angelo Mathews | SL | 623 | 26.83 | 6.69 | 645 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2013 |
| 17 | ( -2 ) | Stuart Broad | Eng | 621 | 22.43 | 7.50 | 672 v Pak at Cardiff 2010 |
| 18 | (-2) | Lasith Malinga | SL | 616 | 22.62 | 7.39 | 680 v Eng at Bristol 2011 |
| 19 | ( -2) | Shane Watson | Aus | 612 | 22.50 | 7.43 | 671 v Pak at Colombo (RPS) 2012 |
| 20 | ( - 2) | Trent Johnston | Ire | 610 | 19.86 | 6.26 | 633 v Ban at Belfast 2012 |
Selected Rankings
| Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Pts | Ave | Econ | HS Rating |
| 25 | ( +3) | Sohail Tanvir | Pak | 578! | 27.96 | 7.02 | 578 v SA at Dubai 2013 |
| 32 | ( +1 ) | Tim Southee | NZ | 541 | 24.48 | 8.45 | 628 v Pak at Pallekele 2012 |
| 35 | ( +19 ) | Wayne Parnell | SA | 517! | 25.31 | 7.77 | 517 v Pak at Dubai 2013 |
| 44 | (+2) | Kyle Mills | NZ | 478 | 29.47 | 8.31 | 574 v Eng at Pallekele 2012 |
| 54 | ( - 3) | M Mortaza | Ban | 451 | 34.63 | 8.38 | 496 v NZ at Pallekele 2012 |
| 72 | (-1) | M McClenaghan | NZ | 384* | 25.10 | 8.55 | 403 v Eng at The Oval 2013 |
| 75 | ( +58 ) | Imran Tahir | SA | 381*! | 14.42 | 5.05 | 381 v Pak at Dubai 2013 |
| 80 | ( +5 ) | Mahmudullah | Ban | 370*! | 42.66 | 7.65 | 370 v NZ at Mirpur 2013 |
| 91 | ( -4) | Abdul Razzaq | Pak | 329* | 19.75 | 6.99 | 527 v NZ at Christchurch 2010 |
All-rounders
| Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Pts | HS Rating |
| 1 | ( - ) | Shane Watson | Aus | 446 | 557 v SA at Colombo (RPS) 2012 |
| 2 | ( - ) | M Hafeez | Pak | 415 | 440 v Zim at Harare 2013 |
| 3 | ( - ) | Yuvraj Singh | Ind | 363/*! | 363 v Aus at Rajkot 2013 |
| 4 | ( - ) | Shakib Al Hasan | Ban | 337*/ | 350 v Zim at Bulawayo 2013 |
| 5 | ( - ) | Shahid Afridi | Pak | 294 | 413 v NZ at Dubai 2009 |
For information on the Reliance ICC Player Rankings, go to www.relianceiccrankings.com.
