In the ongoing Asia Cup, India will be locking horns with Hong Kong on Wednesday. Team India defeated Pakistan in their first match, in which all-rounder Hardik Pandya was at his best and has now received a reward for this excellent performance, he has joined the top-5 in the ICC all-rounder ranking.
The new T20 ranking was released by the ICC on Wednesday, in which Hardik Pandya is at number five on the list of all-rounders. The strong performance in the match played against Pakistan has helped the flamboyant Indian all-rounder to take a leap of eight places. This is the best T20 ranking of Hardik Pandya’s career.
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Hardik Pandya’s ratings have gone up to 167, he is the only Indian player in the top-10 list of T20 all-rounders. Hardik Pandya took three wickets against Pakistan, as well as played match-winning innings of 33 runs in 17.
Some big movements in the @MRFWorldwide ICC Men's T20I Player Rankings after the first few matches of #AsiaCup2022 📈📉
Details 👇https://t.co/Mu2pzpq5GW
— ICC (@ICC) August 31, 2022
If we look at the other rankings of T20, then the Indian batter, Suryakumar Yadav is standing at number 3. While Pakistani captain Babar Azam has retained his number-1 place in T20Is. At the same time, in the list of bowlers, India’s Bhuvneshwar Kumar is at number 8 with 661 ratings.
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If we talk about team ranking, then Australia is standing at the numero uno position in T20 rankings, while India is at number 2. If we talk about Pakistan, then it is not even in the top 5 and remains in sixth place.
Hardik Pandya was immensely criticized due to poor performance in the T20 World Cup 2021, after that he stayed away from cricket for a long time but now, he has become the match winner of the team. In IPL 2022, Hardik Pandya captained Gujarat Titans and made the team the champion.
