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Travis Head storms into top ten ICC T20I batting rankings; Babar Azam jumps to third spot – India TV

Danijones5 months ago04 mins

Image Source : GETTY Travis Head during the AUS vs ENG T20 World Cup 2024 game in Bridgetown on June 8, 2024 Travis Head entered the top ten of the ICC Men’s T20I batting rankings after a couple of explosive knocks in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 on Wednesday, June 12. The Australian batter entered the top ten rankings for the first time in his career having recently established as one of the best big-hitters in T20 cricket. Head has scored 80 runs in three innings at a strike rate of 177.77 as Australia secured the Super 8 qualification with a thumping win over Namibia on Wednesday. Head jumped six places up to the tenth spot with his career-best ratings of 651. Head became Australia’s top-ranked batter in the ICC rankings, replacing the 14th-placed Mitchell Marsh. In major changes to the T20I rankings, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam jumped to third position in the ICC T20I battings rankings. Babar replaced compatriot Mohammad Rizwan who slipped to fourth place after struggling to impress in the ongoing World Cup in the USA and West Indies. Both Babar and Rizwan are struggling to impress in the ICC T20 World Cup as Pakistan is potentially facing an early elimination with just one win in three matches. Babar has scored 90 runs at a strike rate of 104.65 while Rizwan has top-scored with 93 runs at 88.57. England’s wicketkeeper batter Phil Salt remains in the second spot with 800 ratings and battles for the top spot with India’s Suryakumar Yadav who has 837 ratings despite a poor display in the first two matches in the World Cup. Suryakumar has been dominating the top spot in the T20I batting rankings for the last couple of years but is facing a strong competition after scoring just nine runs in two innings in the USA. However, despite not featuring in the playing eleven of the first two games, Yashasvi Jaiswal holds on to his sixth position in the ICC T20I batting rankings. Suryakumar and Jaiswal are the only two Indian cricketers in the top ten of the batting rankings and are followed by Ruturaj Gaikwad (13), Rinku Singh (35), Virat Kohli (48) and Rohit Sharma (49).

India set to enter T20 World Cup 2024 as top-ranked team, West Indies in top four after long time – India TV

Danijones5 months ago03 mins

Image Source : GETTY Team India Team India is set to enter the upcoming edition of the T20 World Cup as the number one team in the shortest format of the game. ICC released the latest team rankings in T20Is and despite not playing a single match in the format since January, the men in blue have retained their top spot with 264 rating points. The Rohit Sharma-led side is scheduled to play its first game of the tournament on June 5 against Ireland even as they will play their lone warm-up encounter on June 1 against Bangladesh. Among other teams, West Indies, after a long time, have jumped to the fourth position, up two places, after beating South Africa 3-0 in the three-match T20I series recently. They now have 252 rating points, only 12 behind the top ranked India. On the contrary, South Africa have slipped three places to seventh after losing to the Caribbean side and have 244 rating points to their name. Even Pakistan have 244 points but they are at the sixth place despite losing a game each to Ireland and England this month. Australia and England are at the second and third place in the latest ICC T20I rankings. Despite losing to the USA, Bangladesh haven’t slipped from the ninth position but have lost rating points. One of the hosts of the T20 World Cup, USA have jumped to 18th place from 19th after their historic series win over Najmul Hossain Shanto and his men. Among other nations who haven’t played much T20I cricket recently, New Zealand and Sri Lanka are at the fifth and eighth places respectively. Latest ICC T20I Team Rankings Rank Team Points 1 India 264 2 Australia 257 3 England 254 4 West Indies 252 5 New Zealand 250 6 Pakistan 244 7 South Africa 244 8 Sri Lanka 232 9 Bangladesh 226 10 Afghanistan 217