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Suryakumar reclaims top spot in ICC T20I batsmen rankings (IANS Photo)
Suryakumar extended his lead at the top of the table to 908 from 883 rating points in the latest update on Wednesday
Star India Batsman Suryakumar Yadav, who has been making a habit of breaking records, moved up the all-time ICC men’s T20I batting rankings, extending his lead at the top of the table to 908 from 883 rating points in the latest update on Wednesday.
After scoring a 36-ball 51 in the second T20I, Surya recently hit a brilliant century in the series decider in Rajkot – his third in six months. His unbeaten 112 off 51 balls studded with seven fours and nine sixes, he didn’t spare an inch of the stadium with 360-degree hitting.
Unsurprisingly, he was the player of the match as India posted a mammoth total of 228/5 and registered a mammoth 91-run victory.
His impressive returns in both games place him second among all-time T20I batsmen, just seven rating points behind England’s Dawid Malan (915). Suryakumar was placed fifth in the all-time list during the last update of the rankings, but has now overtaken Babar Azam (896). Virat Kohli (897) and Aaron Finch (900) during the last week, according to the ICC.
The right-handed batsman had to wait a long time for an India cap, having made his T20 debut after turning 30. In 45 T20Is, Surya has scored 1578 runs at an impressive strike rate of 180.34, the most for any batsman with more than 250 T20I runs.
in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022, he finished as the third-highest run-scorer with 239 runs in six matches, while clocking an impressive 189.68.
All three of his fifties against South Africa, Zimbabwe and the Netherlands proved to be crucial knocks in the circumstances and in the case of the latter two, turned the tide in India’s favour.
Suryakumar will not have to wait too long for Malan’s record as New Zealand are set to travel to India later this month for a white-ball tour comprising three ODIs and three T20Is. The T20I series will begin on January 27 in Ranchi. And a good comeback against the fifth-ranked Kiwis could see the Suns break another record they are used to.
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