Despite going wicketless in the recent Super Fours outing against Pakistan in the Asia Cup, Chakaravarthy bowled an economical spell of 0-25 that helped control the scoring rate and has consolidated his place at the top with a 14 rating-point gain.
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Fresh from a 39-ball 74 to floor Pakistan in the Asia Cup Super 4 clash on Sunday, India opener Abhishek Sharma consolidated his stay at the top of the ICC T20I batting rankings. Varun Chakravarthy and Hardik Pandya also retained the top positions among the bowlers and all-rounders, respectively.
Despite going wicketless in the recent Super Fours outing against Pakistan in the Asia Cup, Chakaravarthy bowled an economical spell of 0-25 that helped control the scoring rate and has consolidated his place at the top with a 14 rating-point gain. Pandya is up six places to 60th place in bowlers’ rankings, while retaining top spot in all-rounders’ rankings in the shortest format.
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Another Indian, Tilak Varma, who helped finish the chase against Pakistan with a breezy unbeaten 30 off 19 balls, has gained a position to be at number three in the batters’ rankings.
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Among others, Pakistan leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed has surged to number four in bowlers’ rankings following a significant leap of 12 places, taking his tally to 703 rating points. It comes on the back of his return with a miserly spell of 1-8 against Sri Lanka that helped Pakistan revive their campaign.
Bangladesh’s left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman also returned to the top 10 after a six-place jump, recovering from a brief dip in form last week. Pakistan’s Haris Rauf (up nine places to 28) is the other notable gainer in the bowling charts.
In the batting rankings, Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan jumped 31 places to reach 24th spot after a fluent 58 off 45 balls against India, while Hussain Talat made a staggering jump of 1474 places to joint 234th following his match-winning knock against Sri Lanka. Bangladesh’s Saif Hassan also made a mark, rising 133 places to 81st after his 61-run effort in the Super Four stage.
Among all-rounders, Pakistan’s Faheem Ashraf moved up 12 places to joint 39th, rewarded for his consistent control with the ball, while Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga climbed to seventh place after picking four wickets in his last two outings.
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