World Cricket Rankings – 21st August 2018
These Cricket rankings are issued by: International Cricket Council
As per Allsportspk readers request as and when any of the ranking is announced it is being published. Currently, from Men’s cricket rankings only T20 team and players rankings have been updated. From Women’s cricket only team rankings have been updated.

Cricket Rankings – Men

T20 Teams – Cricket Rankings

Cricket Rankings

Pakistan retains its top position in the Men’s T20 teams cricket rankings with India and Australia placed at the 2nd and 3rd position respectively. Meanwhile, Afghanistan beat Ireland in their first T20 match and retained their 8th position in the team rankings.

Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1  Pakistan 30 3,972 132
2  India 37 4,601 124
3  Australia 21 2,570 122
4  England 21 2,448 117
5  New Zealand 22 2,542 116
6  South Africa 19 2,093 110
7  West Indies 21 2,219 106
8  Afghanistan 26 2,388 92
9  Sri Lanka 28 2,451 88
10  Bangladesh 27 2,066 77

T20 Batsmen – Cricket Rankings

Aaron Finch

Aaron Finch retains his position as the top batsman in Men’s T20 cricket rankings, with Fakhar Zaman and Lokesh Rahul placed at the 2nd and 3rd place respectively. Afghanistan’s Asghar Afghan’s performance against Ireland has allowed him to upgrade his rank to the 54th position.

Other significant upgrades were of Kane Williamson, Eoin Morgan and Shikhar Dhawan who are now placed at 15th, 19th and 22nd place respectively.

Rank Name Country Points
1 Aaron Finch Afghanistan 891
2 Fakhar Fakhar Zaman  Pakistan 842
3 Lokesh Rahul  India 812
4 Colin Munro  New Zealand 801
5 Babar Azam  Pakistan 765
6 Glenn Maxwell  Australia 761
7 Martin Guptill  New Zealand 747
8 Alex Hales  England 710
9 D’Arcy Short  Australia 690
10 Rohit Sharma  India 678
11 Evin Lewis  West Indies 671
12 Virat Kohli  India 671
13 Mohammad Shahzad  Afghanistan 659
14 Jason Roy  England 641
15 Kane Williamson  New Zealand 634
16 Hashim Amla  South Africa 628
17 Jos Buttler  England 614
18 Hamilton Masakadza  Zimbabwe 610
19 Eoin Morgan  England 596
20 Joe Root  England 595
21 Kusal Perera  Sri Lanka 594
22 Shikhar Dhawan  India 589
23 Francois du Plessis  South Africa 582
24 Solomon Mire  Zimbabwe 581
25 Marlon Samuels  West Indies 563
26 JP Duminy  South Africa 560
27 Shoaib Malik  Pakistan 560
28 Sabbir Rahman  Bangladesh 551
29 David Miller  South Africa 546
30 Malcolm Waller  Zimbabwe 542
31 Kyle Coetzer  Scotland 542
32 Paul Stirling  Ireland 537
33 Dawid Malan  England 531
34 Richard Berrington  Scotland 527
35 Quinton de Kock  South Africa 524
36 David Warner  Australia 522
37 Sarfraz Ahmed  Pakistan 521
38 Mahmudullah  Bangladesh 521
39 Tamim Iqbal  Bangladesh 513
40 Mohammad Nabi  Afghanistan 504
41 Suresh Raina  India 502
42 Manish Pandey  India 498
43 Soumya Sarkar  Bangladesh 491
44 Thisara Perera  Sri Lanka 491
45 Shakib Al Hasan  Bangladesh 490
46 Najibullah Zadran  Afghanistan 481
47 Wesley Barresi  Netherlands 479
48 Mushfiqur Rahim  Bangladesh 475
49 Chris Gayle  West Indies 473
50 Samiullah Shenwari  Afghanistan 470

T20 Bowlers – Cricket Rankings

Cricket Rankings

Rashid Khan retained his top rank, with Shadab Khan and Ish Sodhi placed at the 2nd and 3rd position respectively. Surprisingly, the top 10 ranks in the Men’s T20 Bowling cricket rankings contain only one pacer, i.e. Andrew Tye as rest are all spinners.

Mohammad Nabi was excellent with the ball against Ireland and upgraded his rank to the 9th position. Other significant changes were of Adil Rashid, Chris Morris and Kesrick Williams who are now placed at 8th, 27th and 30th place respectively.

Rank Name Country Points
1 Rashid Khan Afghanistan 813
2 Shadab Khan  Pakistan 723
3 Ish Sodhi  New Zealand 700
4 Yuzvendra Chahal  India 685
5 Mitchell Santner  New Zealand 665
6 Andrew Tye  Australia 658
7 Samuel Badree  West Indies 655
8 Adil Rashid  England 639
9 Mohammad Nabi  Afghanistan 638
10 Imran Tahir  South Africa 637
11 Shakib Al Hasan  Bangladesh 633
12 Liam Plunkett  England 628
13 Mohammad Amir  Pakistan 609
14 David Willey  England 607
15 Trent Boult  New Zealand 599
16 Mustafizur Rahman  Bangladesh 598
17 Chris Jordan  England 598
18 Billy Stanlake  Australia 570
19 George Dockrell  Ireland 569
20 Mark Watt  Scotland 568
21 Jasprit Bumrah  India 566
22 Akila Dananjaya  Sri Lanka 564
23 Bhuvneshwar Kumar  India 558
24 Hamza Hotak  Afghanistan 555
25 Imad Wasim  Pakistan 553
26 Sunil Narine  West Indies 552
27 Chris Morris  South Africa 550
28 Paul van Meekeren  Netherlands 546
29 Graeme Cremer  Zimbabwe 543
30 Kesrick Williams  West Indies 541
31 Hardik Pandya  India 540
32 Carlos Brathwaite  West Indies 533
33 Hasan Ali  Pakistan 532
34 Timm van der Gugten  Netherlands 526
35 Mohammad Nawaz  Pakistan 521
36 Faheem Faheem Ashraf  Pakistan 513
37 Kuldeep Yadav  India 508
38 Kagiso Rabada  South Africa 499
39 Tim Southee  New Zealand 496
40 Safyaan Sharif  Scotland 493
41 Alasdair Evans  Scotland 493
42 Tendai Chisoro  Zimbabwe 492
43 Adam Zampa  Australia 489
44 Adam Milne  New Zealand 483
45 Rubel Hossain  Bangladesh 483
46 Glenn Maxwell  Australia 481
47 Aaron Phangiso  South Africa 471
48 Ashton Agar  Australia 469
49 Kevin O’Brien  Ireland 468
50 Dushmantha Chameera  Sri Lanka 449

T20 Allrounders – Cricket Rankings

Aaron Finch

Glenn Maxwell retains his top position with Mohammad Nabi and Shakib placed at the 2nd and 3rd place respectively.

Some of the significant upgrades in this category were of Mahmudullah, Joe Rot and Sikandar Raza who re now placed at 7th, 34th and 40th position respectively.

Rank Name Country Points
1 Glenn Maxwell Australia 366
2 Mohammad Nabi  Afghanistan 321
3 Shakib Al Hasan  Bangladesh 310
4 JP Duminy  South Africa 234
5 Marlon Samuels  West Indies 222
6 Paul Stirling  Ireland 218
7 Mahmudullah  Bangladesh 213
8 Thisara Perera  Sri Lanka 210
9 Richard Berrington  Scotland 202
10 Samiullah Shenwari  Afghanistan 199
11 Shoaib Malik  Pakistan 183
12 Kevin O’Brien  Ireland 168
13 Suresh Raina  India 159
14 Virat Kohli  India 136
15 Kane Williamson  New Zealand 129
16 Angelo Mathews  Sri Lanka 123
17 Mohammad Hafeez  Pakistan 120
18 Carlos Brathwaite  West Indies 118
19 Colin Munro  New Zealand 109
20 Chamu Chibhabha  Zimbabwe 109
21 Hardik Pandya  India 108
22 Chris Gayle  West Indies 106
23 Elton Chigumbura  Zimbabwe 104
24 Andre Russell  West Indies 103
25 Rashid Khan  Afghanistan 101
26 Mitchell Santner  New Zealand 101
27 Shadab Khan  Pakistan 89
28 Michael Rippon  Netherlands 86
29 David Willey  England 85
30 Rohit Sharma  India 75
31 Gulbadin Naib  Afghanistan 74
32 Soumya Sarkar  Bangladesh 73
33 Hamilton Masakadza  Zimbabwe 72
34 Joe Root  England 71
35 Seekkuge Prasanna  Sri Lanka 69
36 Kieron Pollard  West Indies 69
37 Paras Khadka  Nepal 68
38 Chris Jordan  England 68
39 Dasun Shanaka  Sri Lanka 67
40 Sikandar Sikandar Raza  Zimbabwe 64
41 Kyle Coetzer  Scotland 64
42 Darren Sammy  West Indies 64
43 Asela Gunaratne  Sri Lanka 61
44 Sabbir Rahman  Bangladesh 61
45 Moeen Ali  England 60
46 Ben Stokes  England 58
47 Roelof van der Merwe  Netherlands 58
48 Michael Leask  Scotland 56
49 Danushka Gunathilaka  Sri Lanka 54
50 Stuart Thompson  Ireland 52

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