Suresh Raina takes the third spot in ICC T20 Rankings for batsmen, which is being led by New Zealand batsman Brendon McCullum, according to the latest rankings released vy ICC on Thursday. Meanwhile Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal have taken over as the leading bowler in the latest Reliance ICC Twenty20 Player Rankings. Others Indians in the batting list include Yuvraj Singh (15th) and Gautam Gambhir (16th), while no Indian is in the top 20 in bowler’s rankings.
The latest Reliance ICC Player Rankings that were released on Thursday incorporate the Pakistan-Australia, India-New Zealand and England-South Africa Twenty20 series that were forerunners to the ICC World Twenty20 2012, which begins on 18 September when host Sri Lanka takes on Zimbabwe in Hambantota.
McCullum’s 55-ball 91 against India in Chennai helped move him to the top of the rankings table, while David Warner’s 59 for Australia against Pakistan in the third and final match at Dubai, which included six sixes, has seen him leap six places up the rankings to fourth.
Yuvraj Singh re-entered the rankings after his comeback to action following his battle against cancer. He comes into the rankings in the 15th spot and marked his return with 34 against New Zealand in Chennai.
The batsman losing the most ground was England’s Eoin Morgan who has fallen from the number one spot to ninth, losing eight places.
Last week, Saeed Ajmal became the number one ranked bowler in Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers, and his six wickets in the three-match series against Australia in Dubai has helped him to take the number one spot in the world in Twenty20 cricket – overtaking England’s Graeme Swann, who picked up three wickets in the three-match series against South Africa.
Saeed’s overall rating of 782 points is also a career best.
Meanwhile, Shane Watson moved up eight places to seventh in the bowler’ table with his highest ever rating of 650. Watson also holds the number-one rank in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for all-rounders with his highest-ever rating of 475, achieved in the series against Pakistan.
Pakistan’s Umar Gul has moved back into the top 20 in the bowlers’ table with a four place rise to sit in 18th position.
Meanwhile, England heads into the ICC World Twenty20 2012 as the number-one ranked team on the Reliance ICC T20 Championship table. England leveled the three-match series against South Africa 1-1 with a win in the third and final match to reclaim the number one spot. South Africa, now second, however trails England by just one ratings point.
Pakistan’s 2-1 series win over Australia has ensured that it retains its pre-series position of sixth, while George Bailey’s team continues to be ninth in the rankings.
India has slipped to seventh from fourth position after its loss to New Zealand in the only game possible in the two-match series, while Ross Taylor’s side is now ranked fifth.
Reliance ICC T20I Championship (before the Australia-Pakistan, England-South Africa and India-New Zealand series)
Rank Team Rating
1 England
2 South Africa 129
3 Sri Lanka 119
4 West Indies 111
5 New Zealand 109
6 Pakistan 108
7 India 101
8 Bangladesh
9 Australia 94
10 Ireland
11 Zimbabwe
Not ranked as fewer than eight T20I matches played since August 2010
Afghanistan
Netherlands
Scotland
Canada
Kenya
Reliance ICC T20 Rankings (as on 13 September, after England-South Africa, India-New Zealand and Pakistan-Australia series)
Batsmen
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave S/R HS Ranking
1 (+2) B McCullum NZ 793 36.07 132 833 v Aus at Christchurch 2010
2 (+3) Chris Gayle WI 744 36.04 144 826 v Ind at Barbados 2010
3 (+1) Suresh Raina Ind 742 32.90 138 776 v Eng at Kolkata 2011
4 (+6) David Warner Aus 738 27.16 141 826 v WI at St Lucia 2010
5 (-3) Martin Guptill NZ 737 32.72 125 793 v SA at Hamilton 2012
6 ( - ) M Jayawardena SL 732 30.65 139 785 v Aus at Pallekele 2011
7 ( - ) Shane Watson Aus 731 27.07 148 732 v WI at St Lucia 2012
8 (+4) Jacques Kallis SA 722 40.12 122 738 v Eng at Durham 2012
9 (-8) Eoin Morgan Eng 710 36.35 133 872 v Ind at Old Trafford 2011
10 (-2) T Dilshan SL 695 29.58 124 802 v NZ at Colombo (RPS) 2009
11 (-2) K Sangakkara SL 686 30.33 120 763 v WI at Barbados 2010
12 (-1) JP Duminy SA 663 32.53 123 694 v Eng at Durham 2012
13 (+1) H Masakadza Zim 649*! 27.95 121 649 v NZ at Hamilton 2012
14 (-1) Graeme Smith SA 630 31.67 128 778 v Zim at Kimberley 2010
15 (RE) Yuvraj Singh Ind 625 31.63 150 793 v SA at St Lucia 2010
16 (-1) G Gambhir Ind 619 30.20 123 723 v SL at Mohali 2009
17 (-1) Umar Akmal Pak 595 25.50 117 709 v Zim at Harare 2011
18 (-1) David Hussey Aus 579 23.62 122 708 v Pak at Edgbaston 2010
19 (-1) Cameron White Aus 570 28.34 135 657 v SA at Johannesburg 2011
20 (+2) Craig Kieswetter Eng 566*! 24.35 115 566 v SA at Edgbaston 2012
Bowlers
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Ave Econ HS Ranking
1 (+1) Saeed Ajmal Pak 782! 15.48 6.03 782 v Aus at Dubai 2012
2 (-1) Graeme Swann Eng 740 16.86 6.39 760 v Pak at Cardiff 2010
3 ( - ) Johan Botha SA 720 20.19 6.24 733 v NZ at Auckland 2012
4 (+1) Ajantha Mendis SL 696 11.12 5.63 746 v Aus at Pallekele 2011
5 (+1) N McCullum NZ 668 16.58 6.53 709 v Zim at Harare 2011
6 (-2) Shahid Afridi Pak 663 19.67 6.10 814 v SL at Colombo (RPS) 2009
7 (+8) Shane Watson Aus 650! 22.45 7.15 650 v Pak at Dubai 2012
8 (-1) Abdur Razzak Ban 646 16.30 6.64 661 v Ire at Belfast 2012
9 (-1) Lasith Malinga SL 645 20.45 7.27 680 v Eng at Bristol 2011
10 (-1) Shakib Al Hasan Ban 642 20.37 6.79 658 v Ire at Belfast 2012
11 (-1) M Hafeez Pak 630 22.96 6.86 662 v Eng at Dubai 2012
12 (+1) Darren Sammy WI 627 17.48 6.47 686 v Eng at The Oval 2011
13 (+1) Trent Johnston Ire 626 19.13 6.16 633 v Ban at Belfast 2012
14 (-3) Stuart Broad Eng 620 23.70 7.33 672 v Pak at Cardiff 2010
15 (+1) N Kulasekara SL 616* 26.61 7.74 629 v Pak at Hambantota 2012
16 (-4) Morne Morkel SA 605 17.26 6.76 646 v Aus at Cape Town 2011
17 ( - ) Prosper Utseya Zim 596*! 27.06 6.78 596 v NZ at Hamilton 2012
18 (+4) Umar Gul Pak 593 16.69 6.62 857 v Ire at The Oval 2009
19 (-1) George Dockrell Ire 591*! 13.11 5.54 591 v Ban at Belfast 2012
20 (RE) Dale Steyn SA 575 17.87 6.67 688 v WI at Antigua 2010
All-rounders
Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts HS Ranking
1 ( - ) Shane Watson Aus 475! 475 v Pak at Dubai 2012
2= ( - ) Shahid Afridi Pak 319 413 v NZ at Dubai 2009
(+2) M Hafeez Pak 319 335 v Eng at Dubai 2012
4 (-1) David Hussey Aus 302/* 350 v Ind at Melbourne 2012
5 ( - ) Dwayne Bravo WI 219*/ ! 219 v NZ at Lauderhill 2012
By Indian Sports News Network
