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Virat Kohli’s Heroics against Pakistan Catapults Him To Ninth Spot in ICC T20I Rankings For Batters

Top10 T20I Batter’s List: The match-winning effort by star Indian batsman Virat Kohli against Pakistan in the T20. World Cup 2022 has helped him soar in the most recent ICC T20I Rankings for batsmen.

The famous batter enters the top ten. It has been made possible by Kohli’s masterclass. Rashid Khan, the Afghan spin wonder, has reclaimed the top spot in the bowlers’ rankings.

On Sunday, Kohli hammered an unbeaten 82 to lead India to a historic last-ball triumph over arch-rival Pakistan. During his magnificent 53-ball stay, the 33-year-old struck six fours and four big sixes. As a result, he rose five ranks to ninth in the most recent set of player rankings, which the ICC revealed on Wednesday.

Mohammad Rizwan, a veteran cricketer from Pakistan 

Is still at the top of the list of batters, but Devon Conway, an opener from New Zealand, has moved up three spots to second after scoring an unbeaten 92 against Australia at the T20 World Cup.

Conway and Finn Allen took the defending T20 World Cup champions to the sword in the opening game of the Super 12s on Saturday, tearing apart the Australian attack to all parts of the SCG during their 58-ball innings.

Conway surpasses Indian Suryakumar Yadav 

Pakistani captain Babar Azam, and veteran South African Aiden Markram during this innings. Putting him in striking reach of Rizwan for the top spot with a career-high rating of 831 rating points.

Allen is also progressing, and his swashbuckling knock against the Australians saw him climb a staggering 17 spots to tie for 13th place overall among batters.

Meanwhile, Australia’s Josh Hazlewood, a star T20I bowler, has been surpassed by Afghanistan’s star spinner Rashid Khan in the bowlers’ rankings. Rashid is given the first spot because to his impressive performance for Afghanistan in their opening encounter of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup against England in Perth.

With a crucial wicket of rising gun Harry Brook, Rashid concluded with respectable statistics of 1/17 from his four overs as Afghanistan lost to England by five wickets to start their T20 World Cup campaign. Hazlewood has three wickets for Australia through two games. But the 31-year-periods old against New Zealand and Sri Lanka at the tournament have been out of character pricey.

Following his record-breaking five-wicket haul against Afghanistan, England seamer Sam Curran climbs an impressive eight ranks to seventh overall

While Sri Lankan spinner Wanindu Hasaranga dips three positions to sixth on the most recent list of T20I spinners. At the T20 World Cup, Curran secured England’s first-ever five-wicket haul. Also, finished the game with stellar stats of 5/10 to reach a career-high rating of 657 points.

On the most recent rankings update 

Indian veteran Bhuvneshwar Kumar is one more fresh name that has entered the race. After a strong show against Pakistan on Sunday. The seasoned seamer improved two spots to 10th on the list of revised rankings. After recording the respectable figures of 1/22 from his four overs against Pakistan.

Following The Most Recent Update To The Rankings

Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan continues to be the top-ranked all-rounder. Followed by Mohammad Nabi of Afghanistan, who is only 14 rating points behind him in second place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Akash Kumar
Akash Kumar
Hi! I am Akash, a professionally trained journalist who graduated from Delhi University. I have spent several years playing cricket at the State level for Jharkhand. My passion for cricket and thrive to explore truth via journalism helped me to develop a character called – Sports Journalist. My contribution towards writing would be always out of the true spirit that longs for the game that Indians like the most.

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