Hardik Pandya enters top 5 in ICC Men’s T20I All-rounder Rankings after game against Pakistan

New Delhi: Hardik Pandya’s all-round efforts not only helped India register a win against Pakistan in Asia Cup 2022 but also aided him to jump eight spots in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I All-Rounders Rankings. He currently stands at 5th position with Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi at the top. Pandya was the key batter who chased down the score against Pakistan when the pitch looked slow and wickets were falling.

In the opening game for India, Pandya took three wickets for 25 in his four overs and Pakistan ended up scoring 147. When the openers could not contribute much to the chase and Virat Kohli got out for 35(34), Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya handled the affairs. Hardik scored 33* off 17 balls including three crucial boundaries off Harris Rauf in the 19th over and a six to finish the game in the last over. For his performance, he was awarded the Player of the Match award and he jumped to 5th position with a career-best rating of 167.

Meanwhile, Rashid Khan picked three wickets against Bangladesh and rose up to the 3rd spot in T20I bowlers’ rankings while Mujeeb climbed to the 9th spot after two successful outings. Mohammad Rizwan jumped to the second spot in the batters’ rankings while Suryakumar Yadav dropped to number 3 after his run-a-ball 18 against Pakistan.

Shakib Al Hasan returned to Bangladesh as captain and played his 100th T20I picking up 1 for 13 in four overs. His performance made him jump eight spots to 19th position in the bowlers’ rankings. On the other hand, Afghanistan’s Fazalhaq Farooqi also made a significant rise after picking three wickets against Sri Lanka.

After the second Test match between England and South Africa, Ben Stokes rose up to the 2nd spot in the ICC Men’s Test All-Rounders Rankings. Stokes picked up four wickets in two innings and scored a century in the only inning England batted in. Meanwhile, Kagiso Rabada fell from 3rd place to 6th.