DUBAI:
India spinner Varun Chakaravarthy has been rewarded for his constant type in 2025 by turning into the No.1 ranked bowler on the most recent ICC Males’s T20I Participant Rankings.
Chakaravarthy is simply the third Indian bowler to high the ICC T20I bowling rankings, after Jasprit Bumrah and Ravi Bishnoi.
Chakaravarthy has solely turn out to be a mainstay in India’s T20I lineup contained in the final 12 months, however the 34-year-old has proven his class with a string of robust performances that has helped him overtake New Zealand pacer Jacob Duffy on the high of the T20I bowling rankings.
Recent from a second profession five-wicket haul in opposition to England at the beginning of the 12 months, Chakaravarthy has appeared in good contact on the ongoing Asia Cup the place he has two wickets from as many matches in opposition to the UAE and Pakistan.
Chakaravarthy collected figures of 1/4 in India’s match opener in opposition to the hosts and backed that up with an equally spectacular haul of 1/24 from 4 overs within the commanding victory over Pakistan 4 days later.
It proved sufficient for Chakaravarthy to rise three spots to assert the premier place for the primary time, with Duffy dropping to second, West Indies spinner Akeal Hosein remaining in third and Australia’s Adam Zampa rising to fourth general.
There was loads of motion behind this quartet, with Sri Lanka’s Nuwan Thushara (up six spots to sixth) and Pakistan duo Sufiyan Muqeem (up 4 rungs to eleventh) and Abrar Ahmed (up 11 locations to sixteenth) all gaining floor, whereas India spinner Kuldeep Yadav rose a whopping 16 rungs to twenty third.
There’s a new career-high ranking for No.1 ranked T20I batter Abhishek Sharma following his innings of 31 in opposition to Pakistan, although there are a bunch of massive names eyeing off his spot on the high following some first rate efforts through the week.
England openers Phil Salt (second) and Jos Buttler (third) each acquire one spot to keep up a correspondence with Abhishek, whereas South Africa duo Dewald Brevis (up two locations to eleventh) and Aiden Markram (up 10 spots to equal thirtieth) make some floor too.Sri Lanka right-hander Pathum Nissanka (up one place to sixth) and Afghanistan opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz (up two spots to nineteenth) make positive factors following good innings on the Asia Cup, with Bangladesh’s Tanzid Hasan (up 4 rungs to thirty fifth) and India Take a look at captain Shubman Gill (up 4 spots to thirty ninth) additionally following swimsuit.
India star Hardik Pandya stays on the high of the rankings for T20I all-rounders, with Pakistan’s Saim Ayub (up 4 locations to equal fifth) and Abhishek (up 4 spots to 14th) among the many huge movers in that class this week.
