India batter Suryakumar Yadav is the new world No. 1 in T20I cricket. He has eclipsed Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan to be the No. 1 ranked T20I batter in the latest ICC rankings update.
Suryakumar has been in scintillating form in the ongoing men’s T20 World Cup, and has scored two half-centuries in his first three outings. He scored 68 off just 40 balls against South Africa in conditions where other Indian batters struggled. He is also the leading run-getter in T20Is in 2022 with 935 runs, including a century.
Among the bowlers, Wanindu Hasaranga of Sri Lanka has reduced the gap with top-ranked Rashid Khan. Hasaranga is the leading wicket-taker in this edition of the T20 World Cup and he picked up three wickets in a boundary-less four-over spell in Sri Lanka’s win over Afghanistan.
England allrounder Sam Curran and South Africa speedster Anrich Nortje were the other bowlers moving up in the top ten.
Source: ESPN Crickinfo