ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024: Afghanistan star players ranked No. 1 in player rankings: One of Afghanistan’s star players has surged to the top of the ICC Men’s T20I Allrounder Rankings thanks to his team’s undefeated start to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
The Asian team is leading the 20-over competition in the USA and the West Indies after winning both of its opening matches. A number of its players are doing admirably at bat and with the ball.
The most notable riser in the most recent rankings update is the 39-year-old Mohammad Nabi, who rose to the top of the all-rounders’ list with his recent two-wicket performance against New Zealand in Guyana.
ICC Men’s T20 All-rounder Rankings
| Pos | Team | Player | Rating | Career Best Rating |
| 01 | AFG | Mohammad Nabi | 231 | 355 V BANGLADESH AT MIRPUR 2019 |
| 02 | AUSTRALIA | Marcus Stoinis | 225 | 225 V ENGLAND AT BARBADOS 2024 |
| 03 | SRI LANKA | Wanindu Hasaranga | 216 | 239 V AFGHANISTAN AT DAMBULLA 2024 |
| 04 | ZIMBABWE | Sikandar Raza | 210 | 210 V BANGLADESH AT MIRPUR 2024 |
| 05 | BANGLADESH | Shakib Al Hasan | 208 | 409 V PAKISTAN AT MIRPUR 2015 |
| 06 | ENGLAND | Liam Livingstone | 201 | 206 V PAKISTAN AT THE OVAL 2024 |
| 07 | ENGLAND | Moeen Ali | 196 | 224 V SOUTH AFRICA AT CARDIFF 2022 |
| 08 | INDIA | Hardik Pandya | 188 | 266 V WEST INDIES AT GUYANA 2023 |
| 09 | NEPAL | Dipendra Singh Airee | 174 | 174 V NETHERLANDS AT DALLAS 2024 |
| 10 | SOUTH AFRICA | Aiden Markram | 169 | 212 V INDIA AT GQEBERHA 2023 |
The T20I all-rounder rankings have seen a significant shake-up, with Nabi moving up two spots to the top, Australia’s Marcus Stoinis moving up three spots to take second position, and former No. 1 player Shakib Al Hasan falling four spots to fifth.
Not only is Nabi capitalising on Afghanistan’s stellar T20 World Cup debut, but three of his colleagues are also doing well in the most recent rankings for T20I bowlers and hitters.
With 156 runs from two innings, opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz is the T20 World Cup’s top run scorer thus far. The in-form right-hander climbs eight spots to 12th on the updated list of T20I batters, setting a new career-high rating.
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ICC Men’s T20 Batting Rankings
| Pos | Team | Player | Rating | Career Best Rating |
| 01 | IND | Suryakumar Yadav | 837 | 910 V NEW ZEALAND AT RANCHI 2023 |
| 02 | ENGLAND | Phil Salt | 800 | 807 V PAKISTAN AT THE OVAL 2024 |
| 03 | PAKISTAN | Babar Azam | 756 | 896 V ENGLAND AT CARDIFF 2019 |
| 04 | PAKISTAN | Mohammad Rizwan | 752 | 875 V ENGLAND AT LAHORE 2022 |
| 05 | ENGLAND | Jos Buttler | 719 | 719 V AUSTRALIA AT BARBADOS 2024 |
| 06 | INDIA | Yashasvi Jaiswal | 700 | 739 V AFGHANISTAN AT INDORE 2024 |
| 07 | WEST INDIES | Brandon King | 692 | 704 V SOUTH AFRICA AT JAMAICA 2024 |
| 08 | SOUTH AFRICA | Aiden Markram | 687 | 796 V ENGLAND AT SHARJAH 2021 |
| 09 | SOUTH AFRICA | Reeza Hendricks | 660 | 709 V WEST INDIES AT JAMAICA 2024 |
| 10 | AUSTRALIA | Travis Head | 651 | 651 V ENGLAND AT BARBADOS 2024 |
Suryakumar Yadav of India continues to lead the T20I batter rankings, with Babar Azam of Pakistan moving up one spot to third, Jos Buttler of England moving up two spots to fifth, Brandon King of the West Indies moving up one spot to seventh, and Travis Head of Australia moving up six spots to tenth. All of these players have made progress inside the top 10 after strong tournament starts.
The current T20I bowlers rankings show that England’s Adil Rashid is still ranked first, but there is a lot of movement behind him and Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga, who is ranked second.
ICC Men’s T20 Bowling Rankings
| Pos | Team | Player | Rating | Career Best Rating |
| 01 | ENG | Adil Rashid | 707 | 746 V WEST INDIES AT BARBADOS 2022 |
| 02 | SRI LANKA | Wanindu Hasaranga | 676 | 797 V WEST INDIES AT ABU DHABI 2021 |
| 03 | AFGHANISTAN | Rashid Khan | 671 | 816 V BANGLADESH AT DEHRADUN 2018 |
| 04 | SOUTH AFRICA | Anrich Nortje | 662 | 695 V INDIA AT CUTTACK 2022 |
| 05 | AFGHANISTAN | Fazalhaq Farooqi | 662 | 692 V PAKISTAN AT SHARJAH 2023 |
| 06 | AUSTRALIA | Josh Hazlewood | 658 | 806 V SRI LANKA AT SYDNEY 2022 |
| 07 | INDIA | Axar Patel | 654 | 667 V AFGHANISTAN AT INDORE 2024 |
| 08 | WEST INDIES | Akeal Hosein | 648 | 683 V ENGLAND AT TRINIDAD 2023 |
| 09 | SRI LANKA | Maheesh Theekshana | 647 | 684 V NEW ZEALAND AT QUEENSTOWN 2023 |
| 10 | INDIA | Ravi Bishnoi | 646 | 699 V AUSTRALIA AT BENGALURU 2023 |
Following stellar performances at the T20 World Cup, Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan (up four spots to third) and Fazalhaq Farooqi (up six places to equal fourth) advance, while South Africa’s Anrich Nortje (up four rungs to equal fourth) also advance thanks to his eight wickets from three matches.
Three Bangladeshi players are also happy as they have improved their positions: Mustafizur Rahman, who is now ranked 13th, Taskin Ahmed, who is now ranked 19th, and Rishad Hossain, who is now ranked 30th, have all made noticeable progress after their team’s respectable results against South Africa and Sri Lanka last week.
Source: ICC
