Dubai [UAE], January 29 (ANI): England’s veteran spinner Adil Rashid has reclaimed the highest spot within the ICC males’s T20I bowling rankings after his sensational performances within the three T20Is towards India.
The 36-year-old leg-break spinner first moved to the summit within the T20I bowling rankings on the finish of 2023. He remained on the high spot earlier than being dethroned by the West Indies ball tweaker Akeal Hosein earlier than Christmas.
His spectacular showings within the three T20Is towards India within the sub-continent allowed him to reclaim the highest spot. Rashid delivered a medical spell with the ball to show the tides in England’s favour.
Together with his match figures of 1/15, Rashid performed a vital position in England’s 26-run victory within the third match in Rajkot on Tuesday. Rashid has three scalps to his identify in the identical variety of matches.
After the conclusion of the three T20Is, England are trailing within the collection with a 2-1 deficit. However, India’s thriller spinner Varun Chakravarthy climbed 25 locations to fifth following his five-wicket haul in Rajkot.
India vice-captain Axar Patel stands on the cusp of incomes a spot within the high 10. He moved 5 locations as much as eleventh in the identical rankings.
Australia’s Travis Head has discovered a brand new challenger for his high spot within the T20I batting rankings. India’s younger southpaw Tilak Varma, on the again of his rollicking performances, jumped to the second spot.
Head holds a 23-point lead on the high of the T20I batting rankings. However Tilak stays sizzling on heels along with his scores of 19, 72 and 18 towards England.
If Tilak goes on to proceed along with his swashbuckling performances, he may topple Head from the highest. If he can achieve this, Tilak will grow to be the youngest participant to grow to be the highest T20I batter.
Tilak’s compatriot Abhishek Sharma moved 59 locations to fortieth. England’s Liam Livingstone jumped 5 locations to equal thirty second, and Ben Duckett moved 28 rungs to equal 68th within the T20I batter rankings.
Within the ICC Check bowling rankings, Pakistan’s veteran spinner Noman Ali moved to the fifth spot following his 10-wicket match haul within the second Check towards the West Indies.
Noman’s counterpart, Jomel Warrican, rose to the twenty fourth spot within the ICC Check all-rounder rankings. Pakistan wicketkeeper batter Mohammed Rizwan was the most important mover within the Check batting rankings. He moved two spots as much as fifteenth after ending the collection because the main run-scorer with 147 runs. (ANI)
