After confirming their spot among the top 10 teams in the ODI cricket, Afghanistan cricket got another prestigious achievement and this time, it came from the individual players.
Three Afghanistan cricketers are in the three different categories in the latest T20I players’ rankings. Afghanistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Shahzad and fast bowler Dawlat Zadran are at the no.8 position in the ICC T20I batsmen’s rankings and the ICC T20I bowlers’ rankings respectively. Another Afghanistan cricketer Mohammad Nabi remains in his position in the top 10 T20I all-rounders’ rankings as he is currently placed at no.10 in that table. He is also at the no.7 position in the ODI all-rounders’ rankings.
Earlier, Mohammad Shahzad struck 118 runs off 67 balls against Zimbabwe which is the highest score by any associate player in T20Is and fourth-highest in overall T20Is. He played 13 T20Is since the beginning of 2015 where he scored 448 runs.
On the other hand, Dawlat Zadran is one of the successful fast bowlers in T20Is since January 2015. He grabbed 18 wickets in his last 10 T20I matches.
Currently, Afghanistan is at no.10 in the ODI team rankings and at no.9 in the T20I team rankings.
The latest ICC T20I players’ rankings are in the following:
ICC T20I batsmen’s rankings:-
|
Rank |
Name |
Country |
Rating |
|
1 |
Aaron Finch |
Australia |
854 |
|
2 |
Virat Kohli |
India |
845 |
|
3 |
Alex Hales |
England |
795 |
|
4 |
Faf du Plessis |
South Africa |
758 |
|
5 |
Chris Gayle |
West Indies |
703 |
|
6 |
Martin Guptill |
New Zealand |
703 |
|
7 |
Brendon McCullum |
New Zealand |
684 |
|
8 |
Mohammad Shahzad |
Afghanistan |
681 |
|
9 |
Kusal Perera |
Sri Lanka |
678 |
|
10 |
Eoin Morgan |
England |
665 |
ICC T20I bowlers’ rankings:-
|
Rank |
Name |
Country |
Rating |
|
1 |
Samuel Badree |
West Indies |
751 |
|
2 |
Ravichandran Ashwin |
India |
681 |
|
3 |
Sachithra Senanayake |
Sri Lanka |
671 |
|
4 |
Shahid Afridi |
Pakistan |
670 |
|
5 |
Mitchell Starc |
Australia |
659 |
|
6 |
Lasith Malinga |
Sri Lanka |
657 |
|
7 |
Imran Tahir |
South Africa |
641 |
|
8 |
Dawlat Zadran |
Afghanistan |
636 |
|
9 |
Nuwan Kulasekara |
Sri Lanka |
628 |
|
10 |
Shakib Al Hasan |
Bangladesh |
626 |
ICC T20I all-rounders’ rankings:-
|
Rank |
Name |
Country |
Rating |
|
1 |
Shakib Al Hasan |
Bangladesh |
362 |
|
2 |
Shahid Afridi |
Pakistan |
330 |
|
3 |
Shane Watson |
Australia |
305 |
|
4 |
Mohammad Hafeez |
Pakistan |
303 |
|
5 |
Angelo Mathews |
Sri Lanka |
289 |
|
6 |
Marlon Samuels |
West Indies |
282 |
|
7 |
Jean-Paul Duminy |
South Africa |
267 |
|
8 |
Dwayne Bravo |
West Indies |
247 |
|
9 |
Glenn Maxwell |
Australia |
237 |
|
10 |
Mohammad Nabi |
Afghanistan |
212 |