(13 December) ICC T20I Player Rankings (Rank 1 to 10) Updated After SA vs IND 2nd T20I: ICC have released the latest updated T20I player rankings after the second T20I of India Tour of South Africa 2023 where South Africa won the rain-affected match by 5 wickets. Surya Kumar Yadav stood up with yet another brilliant innings and strengthened his Number 1 spot. Here we are with the latest updated ICC Men’s T20I player rankings updated after SA vs IND 2nd T20I.
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India are on a tour of South Africa where they are scheduled to play a three-match T20I series, three-match ODI series, and two tests. The first T20I was abandoned due to rain and South Africa won the second. The big names of India were back on the side but India were on the losing corner.
After another brilliant innings of 56 runs with a strike rate of over 150, Surya shone bright, and Rinku Singh wasn’t too far. In fact, Rinku’s innings was more crucial and was more impactful at that stage. An unbeaten 68 with a strike rate of 170+ guided India to reach a good score but they were meant to lose that day.
Surya Kumar Yadav is still the Number 1 ranked T20I player with 865 rating points. He tops the board by the lead of 68 rating points to the second-ranked batsman Mohammed Rizwan. Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan holds the second rank with 787 rating points. He has had a really good T20I season back this year and is the top run scorer for Pakistan in the shortest format this year.
Aiden Markram also played a very crucial knock of 30 runs in 17 balls which took the game out of India’s reach. He is still at the 3rd rank in the latest updated T20I player rankings with 758 rating points. He is followed by another Pakistani batsman- the former skipper Babar Azam. Babar Azam sits 4th with a rating of 734.
Reeza Hendricks also made some gains from his match-winning innings. He climbed to the 8th spot after 49 off just 27 balls.
Now if we talk about bowling rankings, nothing much has changed in the list from the last week. Ravi Bishnoi still maintains the joint number 1 rank with Rashid Khan. They both own 692 rating points. Again, only spinners make up the top 5 in the bowling rankings. With 679 rating points, Wanindu Hasaranga and Adil Rashid share third place; Maheesh Theekshana is in fifth place with 677 rating points.
All four of the top five bowlers—aside from Theeksana—are wrist spinners. Another wrist spinner joining the race is Shamsi from South Africa. Player of the match- Tabraiz Shamsi displaced his countryman Anrich Nortje from the 10th spot.
Markram also rolled his arm in the SA vs IND 2nd T20I and picked up a wicket of Jitesh Sharma. Following his all-round performance, He has now reached the second spot of the all-rounders rankings with 212 rating points. Shakib-al-Hasan is still the top-ranked all-rounder in the latest updated T20I player rankings.
Down below are the latest updated ICC T20I Player Rankings after the IND vs AUS T20I series:
ICC T20I Player Rankings (Rank 1 to 10)
ICC Men’s T20I Batting Standings
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ICC Men’s T20I Bowling Standings
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ICC Men’s T20I All-Rounder Standings
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