DUBAI – An impressive performance in ongoing Asia Cup 2022 tournamenthelped Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan to secure top spot inlatest ICC T20 Batting Rankings issued on Wednesday.
Rizwan has dethroned skipper Babar Azam, who was reigning as No.1 T20batsman for several months, as the latter could not show better performancein the ongoing tournament in the United Arab Emirates.
The right-hand batsman is leading the ranking with 815 points while Azam isat the second place with 794 points followed by South Africa’s AidenMarkram and India’s Suryakumar Yadav.
Rizwan has been in stunning form in the Asia Cup, leading the run chartswith 192 runs in 3 matches.
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Rizwan was Pakistan’s mainstay with the bat in their matches against HongKong and India, scoring 78* and 71 respectively in their back-to-backvictories. His performances have seen him gain one spot, overtaking Babarwho has endured a lean run in the tournament so far.
Rizwan becomes only the third Pakistan batter to top the T20I rankingschart after Babar and Misbah-ul-Haq. Babar has been at the top of the T20Ibatting charts for 1155 days in his career (as of 7 September), said ICC inits blog.
