Pakistan skipper, Babar Azam is pretty close to reaching the numero uno position in the latest ICC Men’s T20I Rankings for batters after a fine start to his T20 World Cup campaign at the top of the batting order for Pakistan. Babar, who is currently at the 2nd position, is just 11 rating points behind Dawid Malan of England.

Meanwhile, the Indian skipper, Virat Kohli has slipped from the 4th to the 5th position despite a valiant half-century in India’s loss to Pakistan in their T20 World Cup 2021 opener for the men in blue. Opener KL Rahul, who fell early to Shaheen Afridi, has slipped two spots to 8th on the batting charts in T20 cricket.

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Pakistan opener Mohammad Rizwan has also witnessed a drop in his position as he reached 4th place, helping raise a few eyebrows as the wicket-keeper batsman has been in fine form in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2021. After hitting a match-winning 79 not out against India, Rizwan chipped in with a handy 33 in Pakistan’s win over New Zealand on Tuesday. He had climbed to the 3rd spot last week.

Aiden Markram, who hit a match-winning half-century from just 25 balls against West Indies on Tuesday, has leapfrogged Rizwan to the top spot.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh all-rounder, Shakib Al Hasan has again reached the no.1 position in the ICC T20I all-rounder’s charts. Shakib overtook Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi, who slid from 285 points to 275. It has been a campaign to remember so far for Shakib, who is the tournament’s highest wicket-taker with 11 at an average of 6.45, and sits third for runs scored with 118 at 29.50. 

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While Kohli and Rahul are the only two Indian batsmen in the top 10 of ICC T20I rankings, there is no Indian representation n the top 10 of bowling and all-rounder’s charts.

ICC T20I Men’s Batting Rankings

1. Dawid Malan (ENG) – 831 rating points
2. Babar Azam (PAK) – 820
3. Aiden Markram (SA) – 743
4. Mohammad Rizwan (PAK) – 727
5. Virat Kohli (IND) – 725
6. Aaron Finch (AUS) – 720
7. Devon Conway (NZ) – 714
8. KL Rahul (IND) – 684
9. Evin Lewis (WI) – 679
10. Hazratullah (AFG) – 671