Josh Hazlewood now ranks second among bowlers in the ICC rankings.© AFP
Australian fast Josh Hazlewood returned his best ever T20I figures in the series opener against Sri Lanka, taking 4-12 in a spell, before finishing another catch of 3-22 last week, with a match-sealing Super Over which lasted only five runs. He is now number two among the T20I bowlers, just one point behind South Africa’s Tabraiz Shamsi in the ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings. This week’s ratings come after the first three games between Australia and Sri Lanka and the second and third games between India and the West Indies.
In the series against Australia, Wanindu Hasaranga took five wickets in the first two matches but after missing the final match it was not enough for him to advance to first place as he dropped to third in the bowling rankings of the T20I . His teammate Maheesh Theekshana had moved up 16 places to 29th. In the batter’s list, Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka topped the runscorers in the T20I series with Australia with 125 runs in the three games to move up 42 places to become 21st jointly.
Dipendra Singh Airee from Nepal was the leading points scorer in the Quadrangular T20I tournament held in Oman with 142 runs, helping him to 53rd place with the bat in 63 places. UAE’s Chirag Suri also moved up the rankings thanks to his unbeaten 84 against Nepal, the highest individual score in the competition. Once again in bowlers, Oman’s Bilal Khan proved to be very frugal, taking just 62 runs in his 12 overs, to move to his career best position of 18th in T20I in the series.
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In the fifty-over format, Indian pair of Shreyas Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav have made headway on the table. Yadav scored 64 in the second ODI against the West Indies, while Iyer made an 80 in the third to help the home side win a 3-0 series.
Their teammate Rishabh Pant added half a century in the third game to go to a career best of 469 points in 71st place. Indian pacemaker Prasidh Krishna was the leading wicket taker on both sides with nine wickets at just 7.55 to win 50 places from 94th to 44th in the ODI bowling list, while Alzarri Joseph took two wickets in each of the three matches to give himself a place in the top 20 bowlers list.
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