Best batsmen in the world across all formats (based on ICC Rankings)
Steve Smith may be injured but he is the No.1 ranked Test batsman. AB de Villiers is the top ODI batsman and Virat Kohli tops the charts as far as T20Is are concerned. But who is the best batsman across all formats?
Although the ICC have an individual ranking for each of the formats, they don’t have a combined ranking to determine the best batsmen in the world across all formats. If they did, what would that look like?
Well, here’s your answer as Sportskeeda brings to you the best batsmen in the world across all formats (based on ICC Rankings).
NOTE: Only players who play all three formats were taken into consideration and in case of players being level in terms of ranking, then who gets the spot is decided on the basis of how many points they have.
No.10: Angelo Mathews
Overall Ranking: 74 Points: 1938
The only Sri Lankan batsman who makes the cut into the top 10 batsmen across all formats is the captain Angelo Mathews. The all-rounder has been carrying the Test team on his shoulders and is rightly ranked No.8 in the format, which also happens to be his best ranking across all formats.
In the other two formats though, he isn’t in the top 20 but yet finds his way into No.10 on that list. The 28-year-old is ranked No.22 in ODIs and No.44 in T20Is. Both of which are down to the lack of a stable batting position in the respective formats.
If Sri Lanka are to come out of their slump and find a way to win in their transitional period, they will need Mathews to fire.