Suryakumar Yadav achieves best-ever rating, poised to displace Pakistan captain Babar Azam as No.1 T20I batsman
Suryakumar Yadav achieves best-ever rating: If things go well in the last two T20Is against West Indies, then the Indian right-hander will displace Babar as the No.1-ranked batter in T20I. The fact that Pakistan has no T20I scheduled till the Asia Cup (starting August 27) is in Suryakumar’s favor. Babar has no opportunity to improve his rating points.
There could be skeptical eyeballs circling over India’s resolution to open with him in the previous few games. But Suryakumar Yadav has displayed his best performance, particularly in T20Is. The largest proof of his consistency and dominance was the newest rankings of ICC T20I launched on August 3. In the list, Yadav bounced three places to succeed in the career-best second spot. He is right behind Pakistan captain Babar Azam.
Suryakumar was at No.5 at the dawn of the West Indies series. But with his talent, he rose to the second spot. He dazzled 76 runs off 44 balls. He showed this performance in the third T20I towards West Indies in St Kitts on August 2nd. Babar is in lead in the pack with 818 ranking factors. His teammate Mohammad Rizwan owns the third spot with 798 factors.
Suryakumar had jumped a whopping total of 44 places. He smashed his maiden T20I hundred towards England. He continues to perform marvelously since.
He had a beautiful beginning in his T20I profession. In 22 matches, he turned himself into an indispensable part of the Indian batting unit. Yadav achieved it within the shortest format of the sport.
Suryakumar has scored 648 runs in 22 T20 Internationals. This is the second-most by an Indian batsman after taking part in the identical variety of matches. He is behind KL Rahul in this context. He had scored 755. However, the strike price of Suryakumaris is175.6. It is perfect amongst all Indians after the first 20 innings. Rahul’s strike price was 152.5.
In the bowlers’ rankings list, South Africa’s Tabraiz Shamsi jumped to the second rank. This was achieved after an outstanding match in England. Shamsi was top-ranked for many of the intervals from April to October. He has a superior one slot in pursuit of second place. However, he is 64 ranking factors adrift of top-ranked Josh Hazlewood. Josh is on 792 ranking factors. The left-arm spinner’s eight wickets helped win the match against England 2-1 and achieved 19 ranking factors.
Within the ODI rankings, India opener Shikhar Dhawan stands in the twelfth place after getting a half-century in the final match of their ODI series. The ODI series took place in the West Indies.
Indian bowlers Yuzvendra Chahal (sixteenth) and Shardul Thakur (72nd) have gained positions in the latest update. The captain of West Indies, Nicholas Pooran is up two places to thirtieth.