Pakistan’s all-format captain, Babar Azam, has retained his top spot in thelatest ICC T20I rankings as India’s Suryakumar Yadav failed to impress inthe last two T20Is against West Indies. Suryakumar Yadav’s failure in thefourth T20I and being rested in the final T20I led him to lose points inthe latest ranking updates as he was unable to overtake Babar.
Babar is still the only batter in the world to be ranked in the top five inall three formats of the game. Babar is ranked number one in T20Is and ODIswhile number three in Tests.
Meanwhile, Babar’s opening T20I partner, Mohammad Rizwan, is rooted at thethird spot in the T20I rankings with Suryakumar Yadav at the second spot.Both the Pakistani batters have been unable to extend their lead at the topas they have only played 1 T20I in 2022 while other teams have been playingT20Is constantly.
Elsewhere, former Indian captain, Virat Kohli’s downfall in internationalcricket continues as he dropped down to the 32nd spot in T20Is while he isranked number 12 in Tests and number 5 in ODIs.
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There were no other significant movements in rankings in all three formatswith limited international cricket over the past week.
Here are the latest T20I batter rankings:*Player* *Country* *Rating Points*Babar Azam Pakistan 818Suryakumar Yadav India 805Mohammad Rizwan Pakistan 794Aiden Markram South Africa 792Dawid Malan England 731Aaron Finch Australia 716Pathum Nissanka Sri Lanka 661Devon Conway New Zealand 655Nicholas Pooran West Indies 644Martin Guptill New Zealand 638
