Shreyas Iyer makes MASSIVE jump of 27 places, Virat Kohli drops out of top 10 in ICC T20 ranking

Categories: Cricket 2022

India’s recent series home win against Sri Lanka has had major ramifications on the ICC T20I Player Rankings aiding attacking top-order batter Shreyas Iyer of Team India to jump a massive 27 spots in the latest Men’s player rankings. Iyer scored three unbeaten half-centuries during India's 3-0 win against Sri Lanka in February, with the 27-year-old amassing an impressive 204 runs at a strike rate of 174.

The other big mover with the bat in T20I cricket this week is Muhammad Waseem of the UAE.  His unbeaten century against Ireland in the final of ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier A, helped him reach the 12th position with the bat.  That is the highest T20I ranking by any UAE batter, surpassing Shaiman Anwar’s 13th place achieved in 2017. Sri Lanka’s Lahiru Kumara’s five wickets in the series with India have lifted him into the top 40 bowlers for the first time.

The Kiwi duo Kyle Jamieson (drops two spots to fifth) and Tim Southee (drops one spot to sixth) lose ground in the bowler rankings, with Australia captain Pat Cummins and India veteran Ravi Ashwin still leading the way. Marnus Labuschagne remains as the top ranked Test batter, with New Zealander Devon Conway jumping six places to 17th following his 92 in the second innings of the second Test against South Africa.

In the ODI rankings for men, veteran spinner Rashid Khan re-claimed his spot in the top 10 for bowlers following five wickets from the recent three-game series against Bangladesh. Rashid jumped six spots to ninth, while team-mate Mehidy Hasan Miraz dropped two spots to seventh following the series. Sri Lanka’s Liton Das was the leading run-scorer in the ODI series between Bangladesh and Afghanistan, and he is up to a career-best 32nd with the bat.Trent Boult remains the top ranked ODI bowler, while Pakistan right-hander Babar Azam leads the way for batters.