Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan has moved up to take top position among bowlers in the latest MRF Tyres ICC T20I Player Rankings with some fine performances in a 2-0 series win over Zimbabwe.
Rashid, who last week became the youngest male cricketer to be top-ranked in the ICC rankings when he rose up to joint-first in ODIs, has moved up after taking five wickets in the two-match series in Sharjah to complete the double.
The 19-year-old Rashid’s movement was not the only one at the top as New Zealand opener Colin Munro and Australia’s Glenn Maxwell became the top-ranked batsman and all-rounder, respectively.
The latest update includes performances in the Trans-Transman series in New Zealand that also featured Australia and England, a three-match series in South Africa that India won 2-1 and Sri Lanka’s 2-0 win over hosts Bangladesh.
Left-handed Munro has gained three slots after scoring 176 runs in the Trans-Transman series, which came with the help of two fifties and at a strike-rate of almost 210. Maxwell regained the top slot for all-rounders scoring 233 runs and grabbing three wickets in the tournament.
Munro had also held the top spot from 3-28 January this year while this is Maxwell’s third stint as the top all-rounder after first ascending to the summit in September 2016.
In the list of batsmen, New Zealand opener Martin Guptill (up six places to fifth) has made significant movement after scoring 258 runs while England’s Dawid Malan (up 127 places to a career-best 22nd), India opener Shikhar Dhawan (up 14 places to a career-best 28th), South Africa captain Jean-Paul Duminy (up four places to 24th) Bangladesh’s Soumya Sarkar (up three places to 20th) and Sri Lanka’s Kusal Mendis (up 66 places to 75th) are among the others to gain.
Among bowlers, New Zealand leg-spinner Ish Sodhi has gained one position to take second rank but is 59 points adrift of Rashid. India pace bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar (up 20 places to 12th) and England leg-spinner Adil Rashid (up eight places to 15th) have made noteworthy gains while Australia fast bowler Andrew Tye’s 10 wickets have helped him jump 53 places to a career-best 49th position.
Meanwhile, India have gained one point and South Africa have lost one point in the ICC T20I Team Rankings after their closely-fought series and retain their third and seventh positions, respectively. Pakistan are on the top of the table at 126 points but only fractionally ahead of Australia.
MRF Tyres ICC T20I Team Rankings (as of 25 February):
Rank Team Points
1 Pakistan 126
2 Australia 126
3 India 122 (+1)
4 New Zealand 116
5 Windies 115
6 England 114
7 South Africa 111 (-1)
8 Sri Lanka 91
9 Afghanistan 88
10 Bangladesh 72
11 Scotland 67
12 Zimbabwe 61
13 UAE 52
14 Netherlands 49
15 Hong Kong 46
16 PNG 39
17 Oman 38
18 Ireland 36
(Developed by David Kendix)
MRF Tyres ICC T20I Player Rankings (as of 25 February):
Batsmen (top 20)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge S/R Highest Rating
1 (+3) Colin Munro NZ 801 33.51 164 805 v Pak at Wellington 2018
2 (+5) Glenn Maxwell Aus 799 34.58 166 801 v NZ at Auckland 2018
3 (-2) Babar Azam Pak 786* 48.08 122 787 v NZ at Auckland 2018
4 (-2) Aaron Finch Aus 763 40.20 152 892 v Ban at Mirpur 2014
5 (+6) Martin Guptill NZ 747 34.40 133 793 v SA at Hamilton 2012
6 (-3) Virat Kohli Ind 741 50.84 137 897 v Eng at Edgbaston 2014
7 (-2) Evin Lewis Win 734* 36.00 155 780 v Eng at Durham 2017
8 (-2) Lokesh Rahul Ind 683* 50.88 148 757 v SL at Indore 2017
9 (-1) Alex Hales Eng 679 31.65 136 866 v Ind at Edgbaston 2014
10 (+2) M. Shahzad Afg 653 31.85 136 706 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017
11 (RE) H. Masakadza Zim 648 29.20 118 699 v Ban at Khulna 2016
12 (-3) H. Amla SA 643 34.51 133 683 v Ban at Potchefstroom 2017
13 ( – ) Kane Williamson NZ 634 31.33 121 760 v Ban at Napier 2017
14 (-5) Joe Root Eng 630 39.10 129 750 v Win at Kolkata 2016
15 (+2) Eoin Morgan Eng 618 29.96 132 872 v Ind at Old Trafford 2011
16 ( – ) Shaiman Anwar UAE 615 31.12 121 636 v PNG at Abu Dhabi 2017
17 (-2) Rohit Sharma Ind 604 30.52 136 681 v Ban at Mirpur 2016
18 (-4) Fafs du Plessis SA 594 36.09 133 843 v Ban at Mirpur 2015
19 ( – ) David Warner Aus 589 26.74 140 826 v Win at St Lucia 2010
20 (+5) Soumya Sarkar Ban 581* 20.89 129 599 v SL at Mirpur 2018
Bowlers (top 20)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Eco Highest Rating
1 (+1) Rashid Khan Afg 759! 13.72 5.86 759 v Zim at Sharjah 2018
2 (+1) Ish Sodhi NZ 700 19.33 7.43 739 v Pak at Wellington 2018
3 (+2) Samuel Badree Win 691 18.72 5.98 855 v Pak at Mirpur 2014
4 (+3) Imad Wasim Pak 677 20.25 6.01 780 v Win at Trinidad 2017
5 (-1) Jasprit Bumrah Ind 674 20.43 6.85 764 v Eng at Bengaluru 2017
6 (-5) Mitchell Santner NZ 665 21.37 7.14 731 v Pak at Wellington 2018
7 (+1) M. Rahman Ban 656 16.92 6.55 695 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2017
8 (-3) Imran Tahir SA 650 15.85 6.80 795 v NZ at Auckland 2017
9 (+2) Sunil Narine Win 636 20.68 6.02 817 v Pak at St. Vincent 2013
10 (-1) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 635 20.65 6.79 672 v Pak at Mirpur 2014
11 (+1) M. Naveed UAE 626 17.27 6.06 632 v Afg at Dubai (GCA) 2016
12 (+20) B. Kumar Ind 622! 22.07 6.74 622 v SA at Cape Town 2018
13 (+1) Shadab Khan Pak 608*! 16.15 6.41 608 v NZ at Bay Oval 2018
14 (+2) Y. Chahal Ind 605* 19.14 8.40 617 v SA at Centurion 2018
15 (+8) Adil Rashid Eng 601! 30.17 7.79 601 v NZ at Hamilton 2018
16 (+1) Trent Boult NZ 599 21.18 8.53 622 v Aus at Sydney 2018
17 (-2) Chris Jordan Eng 598 27.88 8.77 628 v Ind at Nagpur 2017
18 (-9) James Faulkner Aus 597 19.00 7.96 688 v SL at Adelaide 2017
19 (-6) Hamza Hotak Afg 590 24.68 6.75 627 v Ire at Greater Noida 2017
20 (RE) Graeme Cremer Zim 589 18.85 6.94 669 v Ban at Khulna 2016
All-rounders (top five)
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Highest Rating
1 (+1) Glenn Maxwell Aus 390 396 v Eng at Melbourne 2018
2 (-1) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 326 408 v Pak at Mirpur 2015
3 ( – ) Mohammad Nabi Afg 292! 292 v Zim at Sharjah 2018
4 ( – ) Marlon Samuels Win 239 321 v SL at Mirpur 2014
5 ( – ) JP Duminy SA 235 276 v Ban at Mirpur 2015
*indicates provisional rating
! indicates best rating
