Latest ICC T20I Player Rankings
Since the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014, India has played 16 matches and has won 11, including 10 out of 11 T20Is this year. And this is reflected in the MRF Tyres ICC T20I Player Rankings which boasts a number of its players enjoying high rankings.
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In the batting table, Virat Kohli is second and is followed by Rohit Sharma (11th), Suresh Raina (16th), Yuvraj Singh (22nd), Dhoni (43rd) and Shikhar Dhawan (48th). In the absence of Sunil Narine, second-ranked Ravichandran Ashwin will start as the highest-ranked bowler while Ravindra Jadeja is 11th, Jasprit Bumrah is 27thand Yuvraj is 43rd. Yuvraj is also India’s highest-ranked all-rounder in sixth position.
West Indies’ charge will once again be led by Chris Gayle, who is occupying the seventh position. The other top-ranked West Indies batsmen are Marlon Samuels (19th), Dwayne Bravo (32nd) and Dwayne Smith (50th), while 49th-ranked Bravo is its highest-ranked bowler. Captain Darren Sammy is 74th in the batting table, 62nd in the bowlers’ category and 25th in the all-rounders’ list.
South Africa, which is searching for its first ICC major since winning the ICC Champions Trophy 1998 (then called ICC Knock-Out), has all the ammunition it needs to go the full distance. Since the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014, it has won 10 out of 16 matches. It boasts as many as six batsmen inside the top 50, led by captain Faf du Plessis in third, JP Duminy in 15th, Hashim Amla in 21st, Quinton de Kock in 24th, David Miller in 28th and AB de Villiers in 34th. Its bowlers also feature prominently in the list with Imran Tahir in third, David Wiese in eighth, Kyle Abbott in 12th, Kagiso Rabada in 30thand Dale Steyn in 45th.
Australia will be aiming to complete a Career Grand Slam by winning the missing ICC World Twenty20 India 2016. And though it has lost more than 50 percent of matches it has played since the ICC World Twenty20 Bangladesh 2014 (played 10, won four, lost six to date), it remains a force to be reckoned with in this format. Australia’s Aaron Finch will start as the number-one ranked batsman, while its other top batsmen are David Warner (ninth), Shane Watson (13th) and Glenn Maxwell (31st). Its highest-ranked bowlers are Watson and Maxwell, who share the 35th spot, while James Faulkner is 37th. Watson will start the tournament as world’s best all-rounder with Maxwell in seventh position.
Sides featuring in the first-round matches from 8-13 March in Dharamsala and Nagpur include a number of players who feature in the top 50.
ICC T20I Rankings
Rank | Team | Points |
1 | India | 127 |
2 | West Indies | 118 |
3 | South Africa | 118 |
4 | New Zealand | 116 |
5 | England | 112 |
6 | Australia | 111 |
7 | Pakistan | 110 |
8 | Sri Lanka | 109 |
9 | Afghanistan | 77 |
10 | Bangladesh | 74 |
11 | Scotland | 69 |
12 | Netherlands | 59 |
13 | Zimbabwe | 54 |
14 | Hong Kong | 49 |
15 | Ireland | 48 |
16 | UAE | 38 |
17 | Oman | 32 |
ICC T20I Player Rankings
Batsmen
Rank | Player | Team | Points | Avg. | S/R |
1 | Aaron Finch | Australia | 858 | 39.82 | 153 |
2 | Virat Kohli | India | 834 | 52.61 | 133 |
3 | Faf du Plessis | South Africa | 797 | 41.29 | 136 |
4 | Alex Hales | England | 786 | 33.94 | 135 |
5 | Martin Guptill | New Zealand | 741 | 34.70 | 130 |
6 | Kane Williamson | New Zealand | 733 | 36.69 | 128 |
7 | Chris Gayle | West Indies | 703 | 35.15 | 143 |
8 | Hamilton Masakadza | Zimbabwe | 699 | 31.42 | 120 |
9 | David Warner | Australia | 669 | 29.47 | 141 |
10 | Eoin Morgan | England | 666 | 30.29 | 133 |
Bowlers
Rank | Name | Team | Points | Avg. | Eco |
1 | Sunil Narine | West Indies | 773 | 17.75 | 5.69 |
2 | Ravichandran Ashwin | India | 740 | 21.56 | 6.84 |
3 | Imran Tahir | South Africa | 712 | 15.42 | 6.58 |
4 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | 673 | 24.11 | 6.57 |
5 | Graeme Cremer | Zimbabwe | 669 | 16.59 | 6.72 |
6 | Mitchell McClenaghan | New Zealand | 643 | 25.80 | 7.68 |
7 | Dawlat Zadran | Afghanistan | 633 | 19.33 | 7.25 |
8 | David Wiese | South Africa | 626 | 17.39 | 7.36 |
9 | Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | 625 | 21.01 | 6.68 |
10 | Sachithra Senanayake | Sri Lanka | 623 | 19.33 | 6.35 |
All-rounders
Rank | Name | Team | Points |
1 | Shane Watson | Australia | 340 |
2 | Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | 339 |
3 | Shahid Afridi | Pakistan | 319 |
4 | Mohammad Hafeez | Pakistan | 285 |
5 | Marlon Samuels | West Indies | 282 |
6 | Yuvraj Singh | India | 279 |
7 | Glenn Maxwell | Australia | 276 |
8 | Angelo Mathews | Sri Lanka | 255 |
9 | Dwayne Bravo | West Indies | 247 |
10 | JP Duminy | South Africa | 245 |