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ZIMBABWE pacer Blessing Muzarabani has been rewarded on the International Cricket Council T20I rankings after gaining 11 places to move to 44th overall on the list for bowlers following his six wickets against India in the recent five-match series.
Muzarabani, who was the joint-highest wicket taker against India, is the highest ranked Zimbabwean bowler on the latest ICC rankings followed by Richard Ngarava at 53 and captain Sikandar Raza, who moved a place up to 72nd.
Raza, who also took six wickets in five innings against India, is now the second highest ranked T20I all-rounder after also scoring 90 runs in five innings.
He was second to Dion Nephy Myers, who scored 134 runs in five innings for Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe do not have a batsman among the Top 50 on the ICC rankings with Raza the best at position 60 while Wessly Madhevere, who is ranked 99th, is the only other local batsman in the Top 100.
A new-look India came from behind to win the series 4-1 at Harare Sports Club and a pair of their up-and-coming stars were the big winners on the latest update of the ICC Men’s T20I Batter Rankings.
Young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was the big winner following his 141 runs for the series as he rises four places to sixth overall behind No.1 ranked batter Travis Head and second-placed Suryakumar Yadav.
Teammate Shubman Gill was the lading run-scorer during that Zimbabwe series and he too rises the batting charts, moving up a whopping 36 places to 37th as a result on the back of his 170 runs from five innings.
Gill is now the fourth highest player from India on the T20I rankings, with the 24-year-old moving past recently retired duo Rohit Sharma (42nd) and Virat Kohli (51st) to only trail Suryakumar (second), Jaiswal (sixth) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (eighth).
England spinner Adil Rashid remains in the No.1 spot for T20I bowlers, while Sri Lanka tweaker is narrowly clear in the list for T20I all-rounders as Zimbabwe veteran Sikandar Raza gains a single place to rise to third following good efforts with bat and ball against India.
In bowling, India’s Washington Sundar (up 36 spots to 46th) and Mukesh Kumar (up 21 rungs to 73rd) progressed up the same group after their efforts in the same series against Zimbabwe – Sports Reporter/ICC.
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