Babar Azam lost the top spot till the end. He was overtaken by his teammate, opening partner Mohammad Rizwan. He became the third cricketer from Pakistan to reach the number one spot in the ICC T20 rankings. World cricket’s apex body ICC on Wednesday released its weekly update of rankings based on last week’s performances.
Rizwan became number one in the Asia Cup with great performance. Rizwan scored 192 runs in the ongoing tournament in the United Arab Emirates. He left Babar behind by showing power with the bat. Rizwan scored half-centuries against Hong Kong and India.
The calculation of time says that after a long time, Babur lost his superiority. He held the top position for 1155 days. This time with 794 points he went down to two. Rizwan became the number one batsman in T20 with 815. South Africa’s Aiden Markram is ranked third with a rating of 792. Four India’s Suryakumar Yadav.
Australia’s Josh Hazlewood tops the T20 bowling rankings. Then Tabarez Shamsi of South Africa, Adil Rashid of England and Rashid Khan of Afghanistan respectively. Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi tops the list of all-rounders.
