Suryakumar Yadav on verge of leaving top 10 in ICC’s T20I batting ranking after 3 years

After three low scores in the ongoing India vs South Africa T20I series, Suryakumar Yadav is on the verge of going out of the ICC T20I batting ranking for the first time since July 2022. It’s been a tumultuous last 18 months for Suryakumar in T20I cricket, and after knocks of 12, 5, and 12, the Indian T20I captain has moved down one place in the latest rankings.

Suryakumar Yadav negative & Tilak Varma positive for India

From the middle of 2022 to the end of 2023, Suryakumar was the world’s best T20 batter. And while he’s continued to rake up runs for the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Indian Premier League (IPL), his numbers in T20Is have been questionable. Suryakumar and India will hope for a turnaround with the 2026 T20 World Cup around the corner.

But there’s also a positive for India. Tilak Varma has moved to number four in the ranking after three solid knocks. The southpaw scored 26 in Cuttack, 62 in New Chandigarh, and 26 not out in Dharamsala in the last week to overtake Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan and England’s Jos Buttler. Meanwhile, Abhishek Sharma has continued his dominance at the top.

ICC T20I batting ranking (December 17, 2025)

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