Suryakumar stunning rise in the men’s T20 batters’ rankings continued through the home series against South Africa, where he hit 50* and 61 in the first two matches before finishing the series with an innings of 8. While that hasn’t led to a change in positions at the top of the pile, he has moved to within 16 rating points of Rizwan who has held on to the No. 1 spot but only just, after being rested for the sixth T20 at home against Eng. and then scoring 1 in the final game.
Remained Babar Azam in third place after the latest update, but is now 37 ratings points behind S.Yadav, who is on 838 compared to Rizwan’s 854.