Pakistan wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan broke his silence on the extraordinary battle between him and Suryakumar Yadav for the primary spot within the ICC T20I rankings.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Oct 8, 2022 19:48 IST
Suryakumar is an effective participant: Rizwan on his battle with India batter for No.1 T20I rating (AP Photo)
By India Today Web Desk: Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan downplayed the talks of rivalry between him and Suryakumar Yadav for the No.1 spot within the ICC T20I rankings and lauded the Indian star for his excellence with the bat.Rizwan additional identified that critics ought to take a look at them in another way, given that he’s an opener and Suryakumar is a middle-order batter.
Notably,Rizwan is the top-ranked batter within the newest ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings with 854 ranking factors, whereas India’s Suryakumar is ranked second with 838 ranking factors.
“Good player hain Suryakumar Yadav. Jis tarah se woh khelte hain, mujhe bohot pasand he. Magar jaha tak cheezen he and different tarike se dekha jae kyunki middle order and top order mukhtalif cheezen hain. Kabhi No.1 ke liye socha nahi hain jo demand he Pakistan ki woh pura karne ki koshish kar raha hu. No.1 or Man of the Match, aise kuch cheeze hain jo negative main le jati hain. Par main sochta nahi hu.
Both Suryakumar and Rizwan have been in red-hot form with the bat in T20Is in 2022. With 801 runs from 23 matches to his name, Surya is the leading run-getter, while Rizwan is in second spot with 698 runs from 14 matches.
“Suryakumar Yadav is an effective participant. I like the best way he bats. But so far as issues are involved, it is higher to take a look at them in another way, as a result of batting on the high and center order are utterly completely different. I’ve by no means considered No.1. I’m solely prepared to meet the calls for of the workforce. The No.1 place and Man of the Match are issues that take you to the damaging zone. So I do not take into consideration them Rizwan mentioned after Pakistan beat Bangladesh within the first T20I of the tri-series.
India will open their T20 World Cup marketing campaign in opposition to Pakistan in Melbourne on October 23.
