Rizwan has claimed the highest place for the primary time and he’s solely the third Pakistan batter to prime the T20I batting rankings after Babar, who has been on the prime of the desk for 1155 days in all, and Misbah-ul-Haq, who was on the prime for 313 days, from April 20 , 2008 to February 27, 2009.
Rizwan’s kind additionally coincided with Babar’s droop, with the captain scoring simply 33 runs in three matches on the Asia Cup. With 192 runs up to now, Rizwan can also be the leading run-getter in the competition as on Wednesday, when Pakistan tackle Afghanistan. Rizwan has been churning out constant performances in the shortest format in current occasions, scoring a complete of 1541 runs in 33 matches, at a mean of 73.38 and strike fee of 133.76, for the reason that begin of 2021. He can also be the (*1*) and averages probably the most amongst batters who’ve performed at the very least 15 innings since January 2021.
Sri Lanka opener Pathum Nissanka moved up by a spot to No. 8, on the again of his spectacular run of kind in the event. He scored 20, 35 and 52 in his final three matches, with the half-century powering Sri Lanka to victory in opposition to India in a chase of 174 on Tuesday and taking the crew nearer to the ultimate spot.
Nissanka’s opening associate Kusal Mendis additionally took big steps, advancing 63 locations to achieve forty first spot after a strong 57 off 37 balls. Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka (up 11 locations to thirty ninth) and center-order batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa (up 31 locations to 68th) have additionally made huge progress, whereas offspinner Maheesh Theekshana gained 5 spots to be No. 8 amongst bowlers.