ICC T20I rankings: Colin Munro No 1 batsman, two Indians in top 5; Ish Sodhi No 1 bowler

No changes in the all-rounder's list. Bangladesh veteran Shakib Al Hasan leads the table with 353 points followed by Glenn Maxwell and Mohammed Nabi

By: Aakash Biswas |
January 4, 2018 5:06 pm

A day after becoming the only batsman to score 3 T20I tons, New Zealand opener Colin Munro clinched the top spot in the ICC T20I batsmen ranking list released on January 4. Munro has successfully dethroned Australian opener Aaron Finch and currently leads the table with 793 ratings. The credit goes to his performance in the recently concluded 3-match T20I series against West Indies. Munro scored a massive 223 runs in 3 games and bagged the ‘Player of the Tournament’ award.

After Munro and Finch, Indian skipper Virat Kohli holds the third position with 776 rating points. Another Indian in the top 5 T20I batsmen list is KL Rahul who has 726 rating points.

Rank	Batsman	Team	Rating
1	Colin Munro	New Zealand	793
2	Aaron Finch	Australia	784
3	Virat Kohli	India	776
4	Evin Lewis	West Indies	734
5	KL Rahul	India	726

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On the bowler’s list, Kiwi spinner Ish Sodhi replaced Pakistani spinner Imad Wasim to take the top rank. Sodhi picked a total of 3 wickets in the series against the Caribbean and conceded 55 runs in 8 overs he bowled in the first and third match.

Among the top 5 T20I bowlers, Jasprit Bumrah is the only speedster while all others are spinners. Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan is at number three with 717 rating points while Indian Bumrah holds the fourth position.

Rank	Batsman	Team	Rating
1	Ish Sodhi	New Zealand	726
2	Imad Wasim	Pakistan	719
3	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	717
4	Jasprit Bumrah	India	702
5	Mitchell Santner	New Zealand	695

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There are no changes in the all-rounder’s list. Bangladesh veteran all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan leads the table with 353 points followed by Glenn Maxwell and Mohammed Nabi at second and third position respectively.

Rank	Batsman	Team	Rating
1	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	353
2	Glenn Maxwell	Australia	330
3	Mohammad Nabi	Afghanistan	275
4	Marlon Samuels	West Indies	239
5	JP Duminy	South Africa	213

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After defeating West Indies by 2-0 in the T20I series, New Zealand has also dethroned Pakistan from the top spot and have become the No 1 T20I team in the world. India is at No 3 with 121 rating points, ahead of England and West Indies.

Rank	Team	Rating
1	New Zealand	126
2	Pakistan	124
3	India	121
4	England	119
5	West Indies	115

After starting the year on the top, the Kiwis are all set to host Pakistan for a bilateral series comprised of five ODIs and three T20Is. The first ODI will commence on January 6 in Wellington.