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Adil Rashid No.1 T20I bowler, Babar Azam reclaims his No.1 spot from Shubman Gill

Thursday, 21-Dec-2023, 06:52 AM
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Adil Rashid has grabbed the No.1 spot in the T20I bowler's rankings as he has now become the No.1 T20I bowler. Adil Rashid cruised to the top position on the back of his exhilarating performance in the England’s recently concluded T20I series against West Indies. Adil Rashid dethroned Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan from the top spot to reach there. Adil Rashid has become the only second spinner from England to get to the top spot after legendary Graeme Swann held this record a long time back. In the batter’s rankings, India’s explosive batter Suryakumar Yadav is leading the chart, while England’s Phil Salt has pranced to the 20th position after his terrific performance against West Indies. India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal has progressed to the 14th position. 

In the ODI batting rankings, Pakistan batter Babar Azam has reclaimed his No.1 spot from Indian opener Shubman Gill after Gill was rested for the ODI series against South Africa keeping in mind the Test series. However, Ireland players have made their gains after their series victory against Zimbabwe. Harry Tector advances one place on the ODI batters rankings to seventh, while Curtis Cumpher goes 19 places up to 73rd position. In the Test batter's rankings, Australian opener David Warner has jumped nine spots to advance to the 27th place. While, Usman Khawaja has moved to the fourth place. On the Test bowler's rankings, Pat Cummins has moved up one spot to third, while Nathan Lyon goes up three spots to fifth. Mitchell Starc gets two places up to eighth while Josh Hazlewood closes out top-ten lineup with the tenth spot. Indian veteran Ravichandran Ashwin leads the Test bowler’s rankings by holding the top spot. 

 

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