After a stellar performance in the Super 12 round of the T20 World Cup, when he scored three half-centuries in five innings, Suryakumar moved to the top spot among T20I batsmen.
His performance enabled him to earn an 869-point rating, which was a career high. Suryakumar retained his position in the leaderboard despite his rating falling to 859 after being dismissed for 14 in the semi-final match against England.
The 32-year-old finished as the third-highest run-getter in the World Cup with 239 runs at an exceptional average and strike rate of 59.75 and 189.68 respectively.
England’s Alex Hales, who scored an unbeaten 47-ball 86 in the semi-final against India, made a big jump, jumping 22 places to 12th position.
Hales finished as the second highest run-scorer for England in the T20 World Cup with 212 runs at 42.40.
Hales has been in scintillating form since his return to the England team earlier this year. He has scored 430 T20I runs in 2022 at an impressive average of 30.71 and an equally good strike-rate of 145.27.
The other batsmen to progress into the top 10 are Babar Azam and Rilee Rossouw.
The Pakistan skipper scored a match-winning half-century in the semi-final against New Zealand and moved up one place to No.3.
South Africa’s Rossouw also moved up to seventh after New Zealand’s Glenn Phillips dropped to eighth. Rossouw scored a brilliant century against Bangladesh in the T20 World Cup.
Apart from Suryakumar and Babar, the other batsmen in the top five are Mohammad Rizwan, Devon Conway and Aiden Markram.
Rizwan and Markram both managed to hold on to their second and fifth places respectively, while Conway dropped to fourth after losing his third place to Babar.
In the bowling charts, Adil Rashid has been the biggest gainer after his exceptional performances in the semi-final against India and the final against Pakistan.
Rashid gained five places to reach No. 3 after recording figures of 1/20 and 2/22 respectively in the two games.
After a Player of the Match performance of 3/12 in the Championship match against Pakistan, his compatriot Sam Curran jumped two places to take the No. 5 spot. Rashid Khan and Wanindu Hasaranga are still the top order bowlers respectively.
Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Nabi and Hardik Pandya continue to occupy the top three positions in the all-rounder rankings respectively.
Inputs from PTI
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