After a stellar performance in the Super 12 round of the T20 World Cup, when he hit three fifties in five innings, Suryakumar rose to the top spot among T20I batters.
His performance enabled him to earn an 869-point rating, which was a career high. Suryakumar has managed to maintain his spot atop the leaderboard despite having a rating that fell to 859 after being dismissed for 14 in the semifinal match against England.
The 32-year-old concluded the World Cup as the third-highest run scorer with 239 runs at an exceptional average and strike rate of 59.75 and 189.68, respectively.
England’s Alex Hales, who smashed an unbeaten 86 from 47 deliveries in the semifinal against India, made a big jump, climbing 22 places up to No. 12.
Hales finished as England’s second-highest run-scorer in the T20 World Cup, with 212 runs at an average of 42.40.
Hales has been in superb form ever since his comeback to the England side earlier this year. He has amassed 430 T20I runs in 2022, at an excellent average of 30.71 and an equally good strike-rate of 145.27.
Other batters who made progress in the top 10 are Babar Azam and Rilee Rossouw.
The Pakistan skipper scored a match-winning fifty in the semifinal against New Zealand, gaining one spot to climb up to No 3.
South Africa’s Rossouw also jumped up to seventh after New Zealand’s Glenn Phillips dropped to the eighth spot. Rossouw had scored a magnificent century against Bangladesh in the T20 World Cup.
Other batters in the top five other than Suryakumar and Babar are Mohammad Rizwan, Devon Conway and Aiden Markram.
Both Rizwan and Markram have managed to hold on to their second and fifth positions respectively, whereas Conway dropped down to fourth after losing his third spot to Babar.
In the bowling charts, Adil Rashid has been the biggest gainer after his extraordinary performances in the semifinal against India and the final against Pakistan.
Rashid gained five positions to move up to No. 3 after recording figures of 1/20 and 2/22 in the two games, respectively.
Following a Player of the Match performance of 3/12 in the championship match against Pakistan, his fellow countryman Sam Curran rose two spots to take the No. 5 position. Rashid Khan and Wanindu Hasaranga are still the top-ranked bowlers, respectively.
Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Nabi, and Hardik Pandya continue to hold the top three slots in the all-rounders rankings, respectively.
Inputs from PTI
