Kuldeep rockets to career-best No.3 in ICC T20I bowlers’ chart

TIL Desk Sports/ Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav rocketed 20 places to reach a career-best No.3 spot in the International Cricket Council (ICC) men’s T20I player rankings that was released here on Monday.  Kuldeep, who took four wickets across the three Twenty20 Internationals against Australia, is now on 714 points and sits just behind Pakistan’s Shadab Khan (752) and table topper Rashid Khan (793) of Afghanistan.

Left-arm spinner Krunal Pandya, who claimed a stunning 4/36 in India’s series levelling-win in Sunday’s third T20I, rose 66 places to No.98, while the death over specialist duo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah held their places at No.19 and No.21 respectively.

Among the others to move northwards in the ICC T20I bowlers’ chart, Australia leg-spinner Adam Zampa made a 17-spot leap to No.5 after picking three wickets against India across two bowling innings, including a match-winning spell of 2/22 in the first match.

However, with Australia quicks Billy Stanlake and Andrew Tye slipping five places to No.14 and eight places to No.18 respectively, the top 10 bowlers’ list now features nine spinners with Pakistan’s Faheem Ashraf the lone quick among the top names.