Suryakumar Yadav has finally surpassed Babar Azam in the ICC Rankings for batters in men’s T20I.
The Indian batter is No. 3 on the batting charts with 780 points, 9 more than Babar, who led the chart earlier this year.
Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan continues to hold the No. 1 spot, followed by South Africa’s Aiden Markram.
SKY jumped one spot after his 46 against Australia in the first T20I at the PCA Stadium in Mohali. The India batter is 5 points behind Rizwan and 12 points behind Markram.
ICC BATTING RANKINGS IN T20Is
- Mohammad Rizwan – 825 rating points
- Aiden Markram – 792 rating points
- Suryakumar Yadav – 780
- Babar Azam – 771
- Dawid Malan – 725
- Aaron Finch – 715
Virat Kohli dropped to the No.6 spot after scoring 2 against the Aaron Finch-led team. KL Rahul gained 5 places and is now at the No.18 spot. He accumulated a magnificent 55 against Australia.
Meanwhile, Hardik Pandya has entered the top 5 of all-rounder rankings in T20I cricket. He hit an unbeaten 71 off 30 balls.