Suryakumar Yadav soars higher to extend his lead in the ICC T20I rankings.

Dynamic Indian batsman Suryakumar Yadav extended his lead atop the ICC T20I batter rankings on Tuesday, December 12, after scoring a fast-bowled half-century against South Africa in the second game at St. George’s Park, which was rained out.

With just 36 deliveries, he made 56, which included three maximums and five boundaries. After his knock, the right-handed batsman scored 10 rating points. With 865 rating points overall, the 33-year-old now leads South Africa’s Aiden Markram (758) and Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan (787), both of whom are lagging behind the Indian skipper.

He has rapidly established himself as one of the top batters in the game’s shortest format after making his T20I debut for India in 2021. Following the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia in November 2022, the Mumbai-born batsman made headlines by securing the first-rate rating. He became the first Indian hitter to score a thousand runs in Twenty20 Internationals in a single year when he accomplished it that year. The middle-order batsman even won the title of Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Year from the International Cricket Council (ICC) after an incredible 2022 campaign.

Furthermore, Reeza Hendricks, the opener for South Africa, moved up to the seventh spot after scoring 49 runs off of 27 balls against India. Rinku Singh (up 46 places to equal 59th) and Tilak Varma (up 10 positions to 55th) are two young Indian batsmen who have also advanced significantly in the rankings. Varma struck 29 off 20 balls in the second Twenty20 International, but Rinku put up a valiant 68* off just 39 deliveries.

In addition, Tabraiz Shamsi, a spinner for South Africa, rose two spots to tenth in the rankings of T20I bowlers after a very economical 1/18 against India. In the most recent T20I rankings for all-rounders, Proteas’ Aiden Markram moved up two spots to second position, while Kuldeep Yadav advanced five spots to 32nd.