After a sparkling knock of 76 in yesterday’s T20 international against West Indies in St Kitts, the Indian batsman Suryakumar Yadav has jumped a couple of places in the ICC T20I batsmen’s rankings and is now positioned at no. 2 behind the Pakistan captain Babar Azam.
Earlier, it was the Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan who was positioned at no. 2, but now Suryakumar Yadav has surpassed him and he is only two rating points behind Babar Azam as well.
With Suryakumar jumping up to the no. 2 position, not only Rizwan has slipped down to no. 3, the South African batsman Aiden Markram has also slipped down by a position and he is now the fourth-ranked T20I batsman in the world.
Suryakumar Yadav is the only Indian batsman in the top 10 T20I batsmen’s rankings. The second highest position occupied by an Indian batsman in the rankings is no. 16 and that has been occupied by the Indian captain Rohit Sharma himself.
Another Indian batsman in the top 20 of ICC rankings is Rohit Sharma’s deputy KL Rahul who is positioned right down at no. 20 and one of the reasons behind that are he has not played international cricket for a long time. Rahul was supposed to make a comeback in the ongoing series against West Indies, but couldn’t do so, as he tested positive for COVID.
The former Indian captain and arguably one of the greatest T20I batsmen ever, Virat Kohli, has further slipped in the ICC rankings again and his current position in the T20I batsmen’s rankings is no. 28.
Indian fans rejoiced at Suryakumar Yadav climbing up the rankings
The Indian fans on Twitter, however, rejoiced the fact today that at least one Indian batsman has gone right up to the top 3 in the T20I batsmen’s rankings and is now not too far away from becoming the no. 1 T20I batsman in the world.
Here are some of the Twitter reactions after Suryakumar Yadav got to the no. 2 position in the latest ICC T20I batsmen’s rankings –
Meet the new no2 T20i batsman only 2 points away from no1#SuryakumarYadav #T20I #BabarAzam #rizwan pic.twitter.com/dqqxj07gnh
Advertisement— Adeel Shah (@imadeelshahh) August 3, 2022
Surya Kumar has secured the second position in the top batsmen category in T20 rankings, he is only 2 points behind Babar Azam, which he will accomplish very soon. Many congratulations to Surya Kumar Yadav for this achievement. #ICCRankings #SuryakumarYadav pic.twitter.com/1K3lNwiMlZ
Advertisement— Vishwajeet Jaykar (@Vishwajaykar) August 3, 2022
Even sky after playing just 22 matches has reached number 2 in ICC T20I rankings, and Rohit best Ranking is number 7 after playing 131 matches😭. Ya to ranking hi fraud h
Advertisement— Pushkar (@musafir_hu_yar) August 3, 2022
Suryakumar Yadav – At No.2 in ICC T20I batting rankings. And SKY just 2 points away to becomes No.1 in the World. What a journey of Suryakumar Yadav, he played just 20 innings so far and Almost become No.1 in ICC rankings, so happy for him, he deserves it. What a player. pic.twitter.com/6VxL2SLRth
Advertisement— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) August 3, 2022
👀 Suryakumar Yadav is now number two in ICC T20 rankings for batters. Sky has surpassed Mohammad Rizwan and is just behind Babar Azam. #AsiaCup2022
Advertisement— Arfa Feroz Zake (@ArfaSays_) August 3, 2022
Lol, I don't care about ICC Rankings, SKY 🇮🇳 is at present the best T20 batter. No doubt.
AdvertisementHas all the skills, plays flamboyant, takes risks and still scores consistent. Pure Match winner. #CricketTwitter #India
— Fake Journalist (@mulexander) August 3, 2022
SKY is too close to top spot in ICC T20I rankings 😍#SuryakumarYadav #ICCRankings pic.twitter.com/hgmfpi0KkW
— Glen 🇮🇳💙 (@SquareDrive_) August 3, 2022
SKY dethroning Barbie after this series would give justice to t20 batting rankings
— Adi (@adithya_electro) August 3, 2022
Can't believe what the hell is wrong with icc rankings Mohammad Rizwan have scored over 1000 Runs last year and is still behind sky who haven't scored 1000 runs in his whole career 😮💨#ICCRankings pic.twitter.com/80029HE7db
— 𝔸 𝕊 𝔸 𝔻 /🇵🇰✨ (@IamPctFan_56_) August 3, 2022
Sky deserves to be at the top in T20I rankings, hope he gets there asap!
— Inder (@InderCh97504066) August 3, 2022
