Suryakumar Yadav maintained his numero uno place amongst batters regardless of being out of aggressive cricket for previous three months whereas ace spinner Rashid Khan, again in Afghan jersey after an damage lay-off, is again amongst top-10 in bowlers’ record within the newest ICC T20I rankings printed on Wednesday. Surya, who will make a comeback for Mumbai Indians within the upcoming IPL, is approach forward of the pack with 861 factors below his belt. Phil Salt is a distant quantity two with 802 factors. Surya hadn’t performed any cricket since December, having undergone sports activities hernia surgical procedure.

Afghanistan spin wizard Rashid re-entered the elite record of the ICC males’s T20I bowler rankings following his contribution in staff’s 2-1 collection victory over Ireland.

The 25-year-old spinner returned from damage in type, claiming eight wickets and his exploits noticed him soar 4 locations to ninth within the newest rankings.

The Afghanistan ace collected a series-high eight wickets over the three matches at a mean of 5.62 in what was his first collection since he injured his again throughout final 12 months’s ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.

Rashid, who first held the No.1 rating for T20I bowlers at first of 2018 and has constantly remained close to the highest, solely slipped out of the highest 10 not too long ago and will probably be eager to keep up his place throughout the premier spots within the lead-up to the T20 World Cup in USA and the Caribbean.

Rashid’s Afghanistan teammate Naveen-ul-Haq (up two locations to fifty fifth) made some floor following his three wickets through the Ireland collection, whereas Irish trio of Josh Little (up seven spots to thirty ninth), Mark Adair (up two locations to 56th) and Barry McCarthy (up 15 spots to 77th) additionally boosted their T20I bowler rating that’s nonetheless being led by England spinner Adil Rashid.

In T20I batting rankings, Bangladesh veteran Shakib Al Hasan maintained his place on the high of the rankings for T20I all-rounders, with Ireland’s Gareth Delany (up 4 locations to 18th) the most important mover on this class following his 76 runs and a wicket towards Afghanistan.

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