T20I Rankings: Suryakumar Yadav retains batting pole position, Rashid returns to top ten bowlers | Cricket News

Suryakumar Yadav has retained his top spot among the batsmen despite not playing competitive cricket for the past three months, while ace spinner Rashid Khan Khan, who returned to the Afghanistan jersey after an injury layoff, was back among the top 10 bowlers in the latest ICC T20I rankings released on Wednesday. Suriya, who will make his comeback for Mumbai Indians in the upcoming IPL, leads the way with 861 runs. Phil Salt was a distant second with 802 points. Suriya has not played any cricket since December as she underwent sports hernia surgery.

Afghanistan spin wizard Rashid has re-entered the elite list of the ICC Men’s T20I bowling rankings after contributing in the team’s 2-1 series win over Ireland.

The 25-year-old spinner returned from injury to take eight wickets and his performance saw him jump four places to ninth in the latest rankings.

The Afghanistan ace took a series-high eight wickets in three games at an average of 5.62 in his first series since suffering a back injury at last year’s ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup.

Rashid, who first occupied the No. 1 spot in the T20I bowlers’ rankings at the start of 2018 and has remained near the top until recently falling out of the top ten, will be keen to maintain his lead – until the T20 World Cup in the United States and Caribbean.

Rashid’s Afghanistan teammate Naveen-ul-Haq (up two places to 55th) made some mark in the Ireland series with three wickets, while Irish trio Josh Little (up seven places to 39th) and Mark Adair (up two places to 56th) and Barry McCarthy (up 15 places to 77th) also improved their T20I bowler rankings, which remain It was led by England spinner Adil Rashid.

Bangladesh veteran Shakib Al Hasan retains top spot in T20I all-rounder rankings, with Ireland’s Gareth Delany (up 4 places) to 18th) Afghanistan became the biggest improver in the category with 76 runs and a wicket win over their opponents.

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