Monday, October 8, 2012

ICC T20 rankings: Champions Windies claim 2nd spot

Dubai, Oct 8: After being crowned T20 champions, West Indies have jumped to the second spot in ICC T20 rankings that was announced on Monday, after their 36-run win over Sri Lanka, which is headed by Sri Lanka despite their loss to Darren Sammy's XI, while India is placed third in the team rankings. 



Having entered the tournament with a No 7 ranking, West Indies went on to claim the second spot, as they are placed above India in the ICC T20 team rankings.
While India are placed third, Pakistan are placed in the sixth spot after their loss to Sri Lanka in the semifinal.

Meanwhile, the teams England, South Africa and Australia have been placed fourth, fifth and seventh in ICC Team T20 rankings, atfer their ouster from the World T20 during the Super Eights stage.

ICC T20 Team Rankings
   Team Points   Ratings  
 Sri Lanka   1524   127
 West Indies   1450   121
 India 1322   120 
 England 1647   118
 South Africa 1526   117
 Pakistan 2088   116
 Australia 1615   108
 New Zealand   1261    97
 Bangladesh  597    85
 Ireland  659    82
 Zimbabwe  306    44

The team rankings have also reflected on players' performance, as Marlon Samuels, Sunil Narine of West Indies have jumped 20 places in the batting and bowling rankings respectively.
Samuels' 56-ball 78 was placed at 18th in the rankings for batsmen, while he was ranked 9th in the all-rounders' list. With an amazing performance on Sunday, Samuels recorded his career-best rankings in all the three categories (batting, bowling and allround rankings)
New Zealand's Brendon McCullum heads the ICC T20 rankings for batsmen with 830, as Chris Gayle and Shane Watson (Australia) are placed second and third with 810, 799 points respectively. While India's Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli are the only Indians

ICC Player Rankings (Batsmen)
Brendon McCullum (NZ)     830
Chris Gayle  (WI)               810
Shane Watson (Aus)          799
Mahela Jayawardene  (SL)  775
Suresh Raina  (Ind)           741
David Warner  (Aus)          714
Eion Morgan  (Eng)           712
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)   699
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)    687
Martin Guptill (NZ)            686
Virat Kohli (Ind)                686

ICC T20 rankings (Bowlers)
Saeed Ajmal (Pak)            770
Ajantha Mendis (SL)         762
Graeme Swann (Eng)       750
Nathan McCullum (NZ)     690
Johan Botha (SA)             674
Shane Watson  (Aus)       665
Shahid Afridi  (Pak)          656
Mohammad Hafeez (Pak) 655
Abdur Razzaq  (Pak)        654
Dale Steyn (SA)              652

ICC T20 Rankings (All-rounders)
Shane Watson (Aus)                531
Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)         350
Shahid Afridi (Pak)                   294
Shakib al Hasan (Ban)             270
Chris Gayle (WI)                      266
David Hussey  (Aus)                241
Darren Bravo  (WI)                 238
Jacques Kallis (SA)                  234
Marlon Samuels (WI)              229
Angelo Mathews (SL)              229
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