Malan and Finch move towards the top in T20I rankings

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Dawid Malan, whose tally of 458 runs is more than anyone else after their first nine matches, has moved to No.3 on the batting rankings, while Australia captain Aaron Finch has moved up two spots to the second position.

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England’s Dawid Malan has made a grand re-entry to the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings, grabbing third position in the batsmen’s list led by Pakistan’s Babar Azam, while Aaron Finch of Australia has taken the second spot after gaining two positions.

Malan, whose tally of 458 runs is more than anyone else in the first nine matches, though remains 94 rating points adrift of Babar in the latest update which includes the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019, the series between Australia and Pakistan, between New Zealand and England, as well as the one between India and Bangladesh.

England captain Eoin Morgan and New Zealand opener Martin Guptill have also made notable movements to take joint ninth place while Jonny Bairstow has reached a career-best 498 rating points and is in the top 40 for the first time.

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Bangladesh batsman Mohammad Naim’s 143 runs in three matches see him at joint-38th position along with Bairstow, one slot behind Tony Ura, the top-ranked Papua New Guinea batsman. Other batsmen to advance include Calum MacLeod of Scotland (up five places to 44th), Muhammad Usman of the United Arab Emirates (up 18 places to 45th) and Oman opener Jatinder Singh (up 54 places to 46th).

India fast bowler Deepak Chahar, who returned a world record haul of six for seven against Bangladesh on Sunday, has moved up 88 slots to 42nd position but the bowlers’ list continues to be led by slow bowlers. The top five and eight of the top nine are spinners, with Mitchell Santner reaching second place – his best position since he topped the table in January 2018.

Other left-arm spinners too have gained. Ashton Agar’s fine performances against Sri Lanka and Pakistan have seen him move up 57 places to ninth while Scotland’s Mark Watt’s successful ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019 sees him advance 13 places to 15th.

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In the all-rounders’ table, Glenn Maxwell’s continued absence has enabled Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi to move above him to take the top spot for the first time, while Oman’s Zeeshan Maqsood has moved up from 11th to sixth.

In the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings, Pakistan continue at the top with 270 points but Australia are only one point behind them after winning their three-match series 2-0. England, South Africa and India occupy the next three positions and are within five points of each other as teams gear up for next year’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia.

MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings (as of 11 November 2019)

Batsmen (top 10)

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge S/R Highest Rating
1 ( – ) Babar Azam Pak 876 50.17 127 896 v Eng at Cardiff 2019
2 (+2) Aaron Finch Aus 807 38.32 156 900 v Zim at Harare 2018
3 (RE) Dawid Malan Eng 782* 57.25 156 798 v NZ at Napier 2019
4 (-1) Colin Munro NZ 778 30.92 160 830 v Pak at Dubai 2018
5 (-3) Glenn Maxwell Aus 765 35.02 160 836 v SL at Adelaide 2019
6 (-1) H Zazai Afg 727*! 52.22 173 727 v Ban at Chittagong 2019
7 ( – ) Rohit Sharma India 677 32.13 138 718 v WI at Lucknow 2018
8 (+1) Lokesh Rahul India 660 42.34 145 854 v Eng at Old Trafford 2018
9= (+10) Eoin Morgan Eng 652 29.88 136 872 v India at Old Trafford 2011
(+7) Martin Guptill NZ 652 33.36 135 793 v SA at Hamilton 2012

 

Other selected rankings

Rank (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge S/R Highest Rating
18 (+3) G Munsey Sco 584 29.90 154 600 v Net at Malahide 2019
20 (+2) David Miller SA 572 29.75 140 587 v SL at Cape Town 2019
21 (+5) Paul Stirling Ire 566 29.67 138 584 v Zim at Bready 2019
36 (-2) JP Duminy SA 504 38.68 126 713 v NZ at Chittagong 2014
37 (+13) Tony Ura PNG 503 37.27 141 563 v Namib at Dubai 2019
38= (+18) J Bairstow Eng 498! 26.21 134 498 v NZ at Auckland 2019
(NEW) M Naim Ban 498*! 47.66 134 498 v India at Nagpur 2019
44 (+5) C MacLeod Sco 483 26.05 115 488 v Ber at Dubai 2019
45 (+18) M Usman UAE 481 25.74 117 490 v Canada at Abu Dhabi 2019
46= (+54) Jatinder Singh OMA 480* 26.04 112 489 v HK at Dubai 2019
48= (+11) Matthew Cross Sco 475! 26.03 127 475 v OMA at Dubai (GCA) 2019

 

Bowlers (top 10)

Rank       (+/-) Player Team Pts Avge Eco Highest Rating
1 ( – ) Rashid Khan Afg 757 12.03 6.13 816 v Ban at Dehradun 2018
2 (+3) Mitchell Santner NZ 700 18.93 7.20 731 v Pak at Wellington 2018
3 (-1) Imad Wasim Pak 686 20.88 5.92 780 v WI at Trinidad 2017
4 (+2) Adam Zampa Aus 678 20.42 6.15 726 v SL at Brisbane 2019
5 (-1) Shadab Khan Pak 673 20.60 6.99 769 v Sco at Edinburgh 2018
6 (+1) A Phehlukwayo SA 668 18.96 7.87 669 v India at Mohali 2019
7 (-4) Adil Rashid Eng 660 25.64 7.51 716 v WI at St Kitts 2019
8 ( – ) M Ur Rahman Afg 652*! 15.44 5.56 652 v Ban at Chittagong 2019
9 (+57) Ashton Agar Aus 642! 27.29 6.92 642 v Pak at Perth Stadium 2019
10 (+1) Chris Jordan Eng 640 24.07 8.58 659 v NZ at Wellington 2019

 

Other selected rankings

Rank (+/-) Player Team   Pts Avge  Eco Highest Rating
11 (+2) Tim Southee NZ 624 26.05 8.36 631 v Eng at Nelson 2019
12 (+5) Billy Stanlake Aus 615 20.14 7.77 653 v Pak at Dubai 2018
13 (+2) M Nabi Afg 613 25.92 7.16 638 v Ban at Dehradun 2018
14 (-2) K Yadav India 595 12.97 6.72 728 v NZ at Hamilton 2019
15= (+13) Mark Watt Sco 592! 20.06 7.22 592 v OMA at Dubai (GCA) 2019
(+3) Tabraiz Shamsi SA 592*! 35.66 7.50 592 v India at Bengaluru
18= (+3) Chris Morris SA 577 20.50 8.39 601 v SL at Johannesburg 2019
(+6) Krunal Pandya India 577* 38.42 8.11 585 v Ban at Delhi 2019
21 (+75) Mark Adair Ire 573*! 15.29 6.57 573 v Namib at Dubai 2019
22= (+7) Lasith Malinga SL 569 19.44 7.23 684 v WI at Colombo (RPS) 2015
25 (+9) Y Chahal India 562 21.34 7.99 706 v Ban at Colombo (RPS) 2018
26 (-12) Liam Plunkett Eng 557 25.08 7.90 644 v India at Cardiff 2018
27 (+21) W Sundar India 556*! 27.07 6.40 556 v Ban at Nagpur 2019
30 (+40) Pat Cummins Aus 553 20.12 6.77 610 v Eng at Cardiff 2015
42 (+88) Deepak Chahar India 517*! 10.00 5.75 517 v Ban at Nagpur 2019
43 (+10) R.E. Merwe Net 516! 17.37 6.28 516 v PNG at Dubai 2019
45 (+72) Brandon Glover Net 513*! 16.00 6.89 513 v PNG at Dubai 2019
47 (+22) Khawar Ali OMA 506 18.41 6.51 530 v Canada at Abu Dhabi 2019
48 (+29) Mitchell Starc Aus 504 18.41 6.74 702 v Pak at Dubai 2014
50 (+40) M Nadeem OMA 496! 20.22 6.54 496 v Sco at Dubai (GCA) 2019

 

 All-rounders (top five)

Rank (+/-)  Player Team  Pts Highest Rating
1 (+1) M Nabi Afg 339 355 v Ban at Mirpur 2019
2 (-1) G Maxwell Aus 333 397 v SL at Adelaide 2019
3 ( – ) R Berrington Sco 244 253 v Ire at Malahide 2019
4 ( – ) Mahmudullah Ban 225 244 v Zim at Chittagong 2019
5 ( – ) Sean Williams Zim 220 232 v Nepal at Singapore 2019