September 13, 2012

McCullum, Ajmal top T20 rankings; Yuvraj re-enters at 15th spot

Kiwi Dasher Brendon McCullum and Pakistan offie Saeed Ajmal have taken over as the leading batsman and bowler in the latest Reliance ICC Twenty20 Player Rankings, an ICC media release said on Thursday.

The latest rankings including Pakistan and Australia, India and New Zealand and England-South Africa series, which was a set-up for the ICC World Twenty20, which starts on September 18 in Sri Lanka.McCullum hit a blistering 91 of 55 balls against India in Chennai in the T20 is only possible during the series. His exploits helped him up to the first position.Aussie star David Warner, meanwhile, jumped six places in the table to move to fourth place after a quickfire 59 against Pakistan. That blow also included six strokes beyond the border.Yuvraj Singh marked his return to cricket rankings with a solid 34, but in a losing cause. He sits in the 15th spot from now.Suresh Raina received a major confidence boost ahead of the World T20 in Sri Lanka, emerging as the highest placed Indian batsmen at number three ranking in the latest ICC Player for the smaller format.Eoin Morgan was the biggest loser in terms of classification places, from the first position to ninth in the table.Saeed Ajmal became the number one ranked player ODI last week. He followed it with six wickets in the series victory over Australia to win T20 Graeme Swann as the highest ranked player Twenty20.Ajmal overall score of 782 points is also a good race.Meanwhile, Shane Watson moved up eight places to seventh in the table bowler with the highest score ever of 650. Watson also ranks number one in the ICC Player ranking range dependence for all-rounders with a historic score of 475, obtained in the series against Pakistan.Meanwhile, England goes into the ICC World Twenty20 2012 as the number one ranked team in the Championship table ICC T20 Confidence. England leveled the three-match series against South Africa 1-1 with a victory in the match for third and final to regain the number one.

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