Proteas rise in T20I rankings

The Proteas have moved up into third spot in the ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings, but three Proteas bowlers have shot up to personal career-high spots following the 2-1 series win over Pakistan.

Left-arm Proteas paceman Beuran Hendricks’ eight wickets against Pakistan has seen him re-enter the rankings at a career-best 81st position, while Chris Morris’ excellent form with the ball has elevated him seven slots to reach a career-best 21st position after finishing with six Pakistan wickets in the series. In-form Andile Phehlukwayo’s superb bowling at the death (along with picking up five wickets) has seen him advance 15 places to a career-best 23rd position on the rankings.

Proteas batsmen Faf du Plessis (up from 2oth to 17th) and Reeza Hendricks (up from 73rd to 42nd) have been the big gainers with the bat in the T20I rankings.

Pakistan’s Babar Azam continues at the top of the batsmen’s list after scoring 151 runs in the series, while Hussain Talat has gained 19 places to reach 56th position after aggregating 98 runs. Shaheen Afridi has moved up 28 places to a career-best 48th position among bowlers.

India spinner Kuldeep Yadav moved up one place to take a career-best second position in the bowling rankings after grabbing two for 26 in the final match against New Zealand, which his side lost by four runs as the Black Caps took the series 2-1.

South Africa have overtaken Australia and England to move into third place, while Nepal have marginally risen above the UAE to take 14th position within a week of gaining entry to the ODI table by virtue of having completed eight ODIs.

MRF Tyres ICC T20I Team Rankings (as of 11 February 2019):

Rank	Team	Points
1.	Pakistan	135 (-3)
2.	India	124 (-2)
3.	South Africa	118 (+4)
4.	England	118
5.	Australia	117
6.	New Zealand	116 (+4)
7.	Windies	101
8.	Afghanistan	92
9.	Sri Lanka	87
10.	Bangladesh	77
11.	Scotland	62
12.	Zimbabwe	55
13.	Netherlands	50
14.	Nepal	43 (+17)
15.	UAE	43 (-7)
16.	Hong Kong	42
17.	Oman	39
18.	Ireland	34

(Developed by David Kendix)

ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings (as of 11 February 2019):

Batsmen (top 20)

Rank	+/-	Player	Team	Points	Ave	High
1	–	Babar Azam	Pak	885	53.72	888
2	–	Colin Munro	NZ	825	33.59	830
3	–	Aaron Finch	Aus	806	38.67	900
4	–	Evin Lewis	Win	751	33.52	78
5	+1	Glenn Maxwell	Aus	745	31.27	801
6	-1	Fakhar Zaman	Pak	700	26.46	842
7	+3	Rohit Sharma	Ind	698	32.76	718
8	–	Alex Hales	Eng	697	32.10	866
9	+2	Jason Roy	Eng	688!	23.21	688
10	-3	Lokesh Rahul	Ind	677	43.44	854
11	+1	S. Dhawan	Ind	671	28.80	685
12	+1	Kane Williamson	NZ	655	31.35	760
13	-4	Martin Guptill	NZ	649	33.91	792
14	–	M. Shahzad	Afg	647	31.22	705
15	+2	S. Anwar	UAE	643	31.82	650
16	–	D’Arcy Short	Aus	631*	32.18	756
17	+3	Faf du Plessis	SA	617	36.27	843
18	–	Jos Buttler	Eng	610	26.80	614
19=	–	H. Masakadza	Zim	599	27.07	698
	-4	Virat Kohli	Ind	599	49.25	897

Bowlers (top 20)

Rank	+/-	Player	Team	Points	Ave	Econ	High
1	–	Rashid Khan	Afg	793	12.40	6.01	816
2	+1	Kuldeep Yadav	Ind	728!	12.97	6.72	728
3	-1	Shadab Khan	Pak	720	18.59	6.84	769
4	+5	Imad Wasim	Pak	705	19.42	5.81	780
5	-1	Adil Rashid	Eng	676!	26.38	7.50	676
6	–	Adam Zampa	Aus	670!	18.27	6.00	670
7	–	S. Al Hasan	Ban	658	20.15	6.77	672
8	-4	Ish Sodhi	NZ	657	20.88	7.70	739
9	-1	Faheem Ashraf	Pak	655	20.12	7.08	659
10	+4	M. Santner	NZ	638	21.14	7.27	731
11	–	M. Nabi	Afg	630	24.25	7.13	638
12	+3	M. Naveed	UAE	628	16.58	5.89	632
13	–	Billy Stanlake	Aus	625*	20.08	8.09	653
14	+2	Liam Plunkett	Eng	620	25.00	7.93	643
15	+2	Andrew Tye	Aus	615	22.02	8.87	658
16	+2	Chris Jordan	Eng	611	28.00	8.77	628
17	-6	Y. Chahal	Ind	609	19.93	7.90	706
18	–	B. Kumar	Ind	608	25.83	6.97	622
19	-9	Imran Tahir	SA	602	14.95	6.77	795
20	+1	David Willey	Eng	595	24.67	8.44	615

All-rounders (top five)

Rank	+/-	Player	Team	Pts	High
1	–	Glenn Maxwell	Aus	362	395
2	–	S. Al Hasan	Ban	338	407
3	–	M. Nabi	Afg	313	323
4	–	Mahmudullah	Ban	240!	240
5	–	Thisara Perera	SL	219!	219