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Dubai, Aug. 15 (TNS): Pakistan’s\u00a0Fakhar Zaman\u00a0has jumped to No. 2 spot of ICC T20I rankings for batsmen.<\/p>\n
Australia T20 captain\u00a0Aaron Finch\u00a0has soared three places to vault to the top of ICC T20I rankings for batsmen, while India’s\u00a0KL Rahul\u00a0rose to No. 3 spot.<\/p>\n
Finch also became the first player ever to break the 900-point barrier in the T20I rankings but ended the series with a final tally of 891 points.<\/p>\n
Babar Azam, Colin Munro and Glenn Maxwell all slipped, occupying the three spots below Finch, Zaman and Rahul.<\/p>\n
Finch had a prolific run\u00a0in the tri-series\u00a0against Pakistan and hosts Zimbabwe, piling on 306 runs in five games at a strike rate of over 200, which included a world record\u00a0172 off 76 balls.<\/p>\n
Zaman moved up 44 places on the table and reached 842 points following his own incredible form in Zimbabwe, which featured a career-best 91 off 46 balls in the final that helped Pakistan\u00a0seal a record chase\u00a0against Australia in Harare.<\/p>\n
Rahul touched a career-high 854 points following the first match of the\u00a0T20I series in England\u00a0– which the visitors won 2-1 – where he scored a match-winning 101, but a dip in the next two games saw him finish with 812 points.<\/p>\n
D’Arcy Short, Finch’s opening partner, entered the top 10 rankings for the first time. He made 165 runs at an average of 41.25 in the tri-series, including a 53-ball 76 in the final. The others who garnered career-best rankings following the two series were Jason Roy (No. 15 with 641 points), Jos Buttler (No. 17 with 614 points) and Zimbabwe’s Solomon Mire, who rose a staggering 202 spots to 25th place on the table.<\/p>\n
Among the bowlers, legspinners Rashid Khan and Shadab Khan retained the top two positions but there were movements down the table. Andrew Tye rose 41 places to seventh spot and Adil Rashid moved up four places to ninth.<\/p>\n
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