ICC T20I Rankings: Hardik Pandya as number one..
Hardik Pandya, who played a key role in winning Team India 2024 T20 World Cup, has become number one in the list of all-rounders in the ICC rankings. Hardik shares the top spot with Sri Lankan player Wanindu Hasaranga (222 points), Pandya, who excelled with the ball and the bat in the World Cup, has improved two places. In this sequence, Hardik created a record as the first Indian cricketer to be number one in the all-rounder category in T20s. In the latest rankings of all-rounders, Marcus Steinis (Australia), Sikander Raza (Zimbabwe) and Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh) improved by one place and stood at third, fourth and fifth positions respectively. Afghanistan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi slipped four places to sixth.
Hardik Pandya scored 144 runs in six innings at a strike rate of 151.57 in this short cup. It also includes a half-century. He took 11 wickets in 8 matches with an economy rate of 7.64. His best performance was in the final against South Africa (3/20). He played a major role in India winning the T20 World Cup for the second time by dismissing Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller at a crucial time. Pandya was emotional after India won the final.