ICC RANKINGS
DUBAI, Nov 5: Young India opener Abhishek Sharma and spinner Varun Chakravarthy continued to occupy the top spots among batters and bowlers in the latest ICC Men’s T20 Players’ Rankings.
Abhishek is atop the batters list with 925 rating points ahead of England’s Phil Salt and Tilak Verma. T20 skipper Suryakumar Yadav is the only other Indian in top 10 at the eighth spot.
Spinner Chakravarthy remains in front of the rankings for T20I bowlers, with Australia seamer Josh Hazlewood (up two spots to 10th) among the biggest improvers this week on the back of his exploits at home against India.Chakravarthy is followed by West Indies’ Akeal Hosain and Afghan Rashid Khan.No other Indian features in the top of the T20 bowlers’ rankings.Hardik Pandya is the lone Indian to feature in the top 10 of T20 all-rounders’ rankings at the fourth spot, which is being headed by Pakistan’s Saim Ayub, followed by Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza and West Indies’ Roston Chase. (PTI)
