Australia captain Aaron Finch has jumped three places to vault to the top of ICC T20I rankings for batsmen, while Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman and India’s KL Rahul have risen to the No. 2 and No. 3 spots respectively. The injured Babar Azam, Colin Munro and Glenn Maxwell have all slipped, occupying the three spots below Finch, Zaman and Rahul.
Finch, the newly appointed T20I captain, had a prolific run in the tri-series against Pakistan and hosts Zimbabwe, piling on 306 runs in five games, which included a world record 172 off 76 balls.
Zaman moved up 44 places on the table and has 842 points following his own incredible form in Zimbabwe, which had a career-best 91 off 46 balls in the final that helped Pakistan seal a record chase against Australia in Harare.
Rahul touched a career-high 854 points following the first match of the T20I series in England – which the visitors won 2-1 – where he scored a match-winning 101, but a dip in the next two games saw him finish with 812 points.
D’Arcy Short, Finch’s opening partner, entered the top 10 rankings for the first time. He made 165 runs at an average of 41.25 in the tri-series, including a 53-ball 76 in the final. The others who garnered career-best rankings following the two series are Jason Roy (No. 15 with 641 points), Jos Buttler (No. 17 with 614 points) and Zimbabwe’s Solomon Mire, who rose a staggering 202 spots to 25th place on the table.
Source: ESPN Crickinfo