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Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya has become the world number-1 all-rounder in the latest ICC rankings. He has left Liam Livingston of England behind. At the same time, Tilak Verma, who scored two consecutive centuries in the T20 series against South Africa, has made a huge jump of 69 places in the ranking of batsmen. Now they have reached the third position.
Off-spinner Varun Chakraborty has gained 36 places and opener Sanju Samson has gained 17 places. Varun has reached 28th position in bowling ranking and Sanju has reached 22nd position in batting ranking. There are 3 Indians Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav and Yashasvi Jaiswal in the top-10 of T-20 batsman ranking. Whereas in the bowling rankings, there are two Indians in the top-10, Arshdeep Singh and Ravi Bishnoi.
Hardik overtakes Livingstone
All-rounder Hardik Pandya recently played an unbeaten inning of 39 runs in the second match of the T20 series against South Africa. Whereas in the fourth T20 match, he took 1 wicket for 8 runs. Because of which he became the number-1 all-rounder in T20 International cricket.
He left behind England’s Liam Livingston and Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airi. This is the second time that Hardik Pandya has reached the top of the all-rounder rankings. After the T20 World Cup this year, he achieved the number one position for the first time.
Tilak Verma gained 69 places
Tilak had scored back to back centuries in the 4-match T20 series against South Africa. He scored a total of 280 runs in the series. He is the most successful batsman from India in the current batsmen’s ranking. Tilak has reached the third position with a career best rating of 806. Captain Suryakumar Yadav has lost one place and has now slipped to fourth position.
Sanju Samson jumps 17 places
Indian wicketkeeper batsman Sanju Samson scored centuries in the first and fourth matches against South Africa. Which has benefited his T-20 ranking. Sanju has made a huge jump of 17 places in the batsmen’s rankings and has reached 22nd position.
Whereas Tristan Stubbs and wicketkeeper Clason have gained 3 and 6 places. Stubbs has dropped to 23rd and Clason has dropped to 59th.
Mahish Teekshana at sixth position
Sri Lanka defeated the Kiwis 2-0 in the recent series against New Zealand. Sri Lankan team’s spinner Mahish Teekshana is at fifth position. Adam Zampa has gained five places and has reached third place. Indian pacer Arshdeep Singh has gained 3 places. He has come to 9th place.
