The T20 format is one of the most intense formats in cricket. It is the shortest game that ICC has introduced. The T20 is the most popular because it allows viewers to witness spectacular bowling and hard-hitting strokes in just 20 overs. T20 cricket is a fast-paced and athletic form of cricket. Many young players are fit enough to face the challenges in T20 cricket and help their team to win the matches. In this article, we will look at the Top 10 T20 batsmen in the world in 2022:
1. Babar Azam
Babar Azam is the current skipper of the Pakistan cricket team. Currently, he is one of the best batters in the world. Azam holds the top rank in ICC T20 rankings with 818 points. In T20, he has scored 2686 runs in 74 matches at an average of 46.1. Azam has the highest no. of runs in the T20 world cup in 2021 (303). He is the fastest batsman in the world to reach 2000 T20I runs.
2. Suryakumar Yadav
Suryakumar is an Indian cricketer who plays as a batsman for the Indian cricket team. Currently, he holds 2nd spot on the list with 805 points. Surya has scored 648 runs in 22 T20 matches with an average of 38.12. His numbers are not high, but he is the kind of player who can finish the matches very comfortably. In the T20I Match against England, Surya scored the highest (117) score and became the 2nd player to score a century in T20I.
3. Mohammad Rizwan
Rizwan is a Pakistani cricketer who is also the vice-captain of the Pakistan cricket team. He is ranked no.3 with 794 points in the ICC rankings. In T20, he has made 1662 runs in 56 matches with an average of 50.36. Rizwan is the first batter in T20 history to score 2000 runs in a single year. He is a player with both wicket-keeping and batting skills and became the first Wicket-keeper-batsman to score a century in the T20Is.
4. Aiden Markram
Markram is a South-African cricketer who plays for the South Africa cricket team. He is one of the best hard-hitters in the world. Markram is at no.4 with 792 points. In 23 matches, he has scored 722 runs with an average of 42.47. Markram has not played enough games, but he can become a threat for the other teams in the coming T20 tournament.
5. Dawid Malan
Dawid Malan is an English cricketer that plays in all formats of cricket. Malan stands at the no.5 spot with 731 points. In T20I, he has scored 1411 runs in 42 matches with an average of 40.12. Dawid currently holds the record for England players' highest T20 inning. In 24 innings, Malan also became the T20 player with the fastest 1000-run mark, passing Virat Kohli (27) and Babar Azam (26).
6. Aaron Finch
Aaron Finch is an Australian cricketer and the current skipper of the Australian cricket team. In 2018, He was the first player to cross 900+ points in the ICC T20I rankings. Currently, Finch is at no.6 with 716 points. In 92 matches, he has scored 2855 runs in T20Is. Finch holds the record for the most runs scored by a captain (172) and most fours scored in an innings (16).
7. Pathum Nissanka
Pathum Nissanka is a Sri-Lankan cricketer who plays in all formats for the Sri Lankan team. He holds the no.7 spot with 661 points. He has played 23 T20I matches and scored 625 runs at an average of 30.48. His best result came in the 2021 World Cup, where he scored 221 runs in 8 innings, scoring three half-centuries. He became one of the youngest high run-scorers in the World Cup.
8. Devon Conway
Conway is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the New Zealand cricket team. Conway is ranked at no.8 in the ICC T20I rankings with 655 points. In T20Is, he has made 645 runs in 21 matches at an average of 49.61. Conway holds the top spot with GD Phillips for the highest third-wicket partnership in the T20I scoring 184 runs against West Indies.
9. Nicholas Pooran
Nicholas Pooran is a Caribbean cricketer who plays for the West Indies cricket team. Currently, he stands at no.9 on the list with 644 points in the ICC T20I rankings. Pooran is a wicket-keeper-batsman who has scored 1193 runs in 57 matches with an average of 31.90. In T20Is, he has scored nine half-centuries with the highest score of 74.
10. Martin Guptill
Guptill is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the New Zealand cricket team in all formats. He is ranked at no.10 and is the oldest player in the Top 10 ICC T20I rankings. In 119 matches, Guptill has scored 3462 runs with an average of 32.05. He is the only cricketer to score 500 and 600+ T20I runs in a single venue.
