The South Africa opener Reeza Hendricks and all-rounder Andile Phehlukwayo attained career-best positions in batting and bowling, respectively, in the latest MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings after the team’s 3-0 series sweep over Sri Lanka.
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Hendricks has advanced 26 slots to 15th position after scoring 139 runs in the series, including two half-centuries, while Phehlukwayo has moved up 14 slots to 10th position after taking seven wickets in two matches, including a haul of four for 24 in the last match in Johannesburg on Sunday.
More fireworks from Isuru Udana couldn’t stop South Africa marching to a T20I clean sweep, to go with their ODI whitewash against the same opponents.#SAvSL REPORT ?https://t.co/3OUYO2Hd6y pic.twitter.com/hDRVGGZPOE
— ICC (@ICC) March 24, 2019
Jean-Paul Duminy’s 76 runs in the series have taken him from 39th to 32nd and Rassie van der Dussen’s 98 runs have helped him move up from 74th to 41st among batsmen, while Chris Morris (up two places to 18th) and Tabraiz Shamsi (up 41 places to 35th) are the notable gainers in the list for bowlers.
For Sri Lanka, Niroshan Dickwela has gained 19 slots to reach 78th position among batsmen and Lasith Malinga has moved up 11 places to 42nd among bowlers. Isuru Udana has advanced in both lists, moving up 106 slots to 144th among batsmen after scoring 132 runs in the series, including an 84 not out in the second match, and up 12 places to 51st among bowlers.
There has been no change in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings with South Africa and Sri Lanka remaining on fifth and ninth positions. South Africa have gained two points and closed in on Australia, while Sri Lanka have lost two points.
MRF Tyres ICC T20I Team Rankings (as of 25 March 2019):
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 1 | Pakistan | 135 |
| 2 | India | 122 |
| 3 | England | 121 |
| 4 | Australia | 120 |
| 5 | South Africa | 120 (+2) |
| 6 | New Zealand | 116 |
| 7 | West Indies | 98 |
| 8 | Afghanistan | 93 |
| 9 | Sri Lanka | 84 (-2) |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 77 |
| 11 | Scotland | 61 |
| 12 | Zimbabwe | 55 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 52 |
| 14 | Nepal | 43 |
| 15 | UAE | 43 |
(Developed by David Kendix)
MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings (as on 25 March 2019)
Batsmen (top 10)
| Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Pts | Avge | Eco | Highest Rating |
| 1 | ( – ) | Babar Azam | Pak | 885 | 53.72 | 128 | 888 v SA at Johannesburg 2019 |
| 2 | ( – ) | Colin Munro | NZ | 825 | 33.59 | 162 | 830 v Pak at Dubai 2018 |
| 3 | ( – ) | Glenn Maxwell | Aus | 815! | 34.40 | 158 | 815 v India at Bengaluru 2019 |
| 4 | ( – ) | Aaron Finch | Aus | 782 | 37.13 | 156 | 900 v Zim at Harare 2018 |
| 5 | ( – ) | Lokesh Rahul | India | 726 | 43.95 | 149 | 854 v Eng at Old Trafford 2018 |
| 6 | ( – ) | H Zazai | Afg | 718*! | 75.60 | 193 | 718 v Ire at Dehradun 2019 |
| 7 | ( – ) | D’Arcy Short | Aus | 715* | 32.88 | 121 | 756 v UAE at Abu Dhabi 2018 |
| 8 | ( – ) | Evin Lewis | WI | 707 | 33.52 | 164 | 780 v Eng at Durham 2017 |
| 9 | ( – ) | Fakhar Zaman | Pak | 700 | 26.46 | 139 | 842 v Aus at Harare 2018 |
| 10 | ( – ) | Alex Hales | Eng | 678 | 31.01 | 137 | 866 v India at Edgbaston 2014 |
Other selected rankings
| Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Pts | Avge | Eco | Highest Rating |
| 15 | (+26) | R Hendricks | SA | 647*! | 27.95 | 124 | 647 v SL at Johannesburg 2019 |
| 32 | (+7) | JP Duminy | SA | 525 | 38.68 | 126 | 713 v NZ at Chittagong 2014 |
| 41 | (+33) | V der Dussen | SA | 513* | 36.14 | 133 | 523 v SL at Centurion 2019 |
| 78= | (+19) | N Dickwella | SL | 349* | 19.29 | 140 | 400 v Aus at Melbourne 2017 |
| 144 | (+106) | Isuru Udana | SL | 189*! | 28.83 | 153 | 189 v SA at Johannesburg 2019 |
| 167 | (+191) | K Mendis | SL | 152* | 16.50 | 143 | 253 v SA at Cape Town 2019 |
Bowlers (top 10)
| Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Pts | Avge | Eco | Highest Rating |
| 1 | ( – ) | Rashid Khan | Afg | 780 | 11.56 | 6.02 | 816 v Ban at Dehradun 2018 |
| 2 | ( – ) | Shadab Khan | Pak | 720 | 18.59 | 6.84 | 769 v Sco at Edinburgh 2018 |
| 3 | ( – ) | Adil Rashid | Eng | 709 | 23.97 | 7.31 | 716 v WI at St Kitts 2019 |
| 4 | ( – ) | Imad Wasim | Pak | 705 | 19.42 | 5.81 | 780 v WI at Trinidad 2017 |
| 5 | ( – ) | Kuldeep Yadav | India | 699 | 12.97 | 6.72 | 728 v NZ at Hamilton 2019 |
| 6 | ( – ) | Adam Zampa | Aus | 672! | 19.43 | 6.04 | 672 v India at Bengaluru 2019 |
| 7 | ( – ) | S Al Hasan | Ban | 658 | 20.15 | 6.77 | 672 v Pak at Mirpur 2014 |
| 8 | ( – ) | Ish Sodhi | NZ | 657 | 20.88 | 7.70 | 739 v Pak at Wellington 2018 |
| 9 | ( – ) | Faheem Ashraf | Pak | 655 | 20.12 | 7.08 | 659 v SA at Cape Town 2019 |
| 10 | (+14) | A Phehlukwayo | SA | 649*! | 17.92 | 7.98 | 649 v SL at Johannesburg 2019 |
Other selected rankings
| Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Pts | Avge | Eco | Highest Rating |
| 18 | (+2) | Chris Morris | SA | 601! | 20.50 | 8.39 | 601 v SL at Johannesburg 2019 |
| 21 | (+12) | A Dananjaya | SL | 593 | 32.87 | 7.66 | 594 v SA at Centurion 2019 |
| 35 | (+41) | Tabraiz Shamsi | SA | 534*! | 38.60 | 7.72 | 534 v SL at Johannesburg 2019 |
| 42 | (+11) | Lasith Malinga | SL | 505 | 19.70 | 7.29 | 684 v WI at Colombo (RPS) 2015 |
| 51 | (+12) | Isuru Udana | SL | 459! | 35.52 | 8.62 | 459 v SA at Johannesburg 2019 |
| 168 | (+79) | Lutho Sipamla | SA | 185*! | 32.75 | 8.36 | 185 v SL at Johannesburg 2019 |
All-rounders (Top five)
| Rank | (+/-) | Player | Team | Pts | Highest Rating |
| 1 | ( – ) | Glenn Maxwell | Aus | 390 | 395 v Eng at Melbourne 2018 |
| 2 | ( – ) | S Al Hasan | Ban | 338 | 408 v Pak at Mirpur 2015 |
| 3 | ( – ) | M Nabi | Afg | 330! | 330 v Ire at Dehradun 2019 |
| 4 | ( – ) | Mahmudullah | Ban | 240! | 240 v WI at Mirpur 2018 |
| 5 | ( – ) | R Berrington | Sco | 221 /*! | 221 v OMA at Oman 2019 |
