INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan has overtaken Australia seamer Josh Hazlewood and re-claimed his place as the No.1 T20I bowler in the world
following the latest update to the MRF Tyres ICC Men&s Player Rankings on Wednesday.Rashid earns top billing on the back of his strong start
to the ICC Men&s T20 World Cup for Afghanistan, where he bowled superbly during his side&s opening match against England in Perth.Rashid
took the key wicket of young gun Harry Brook and finished with tidy figures of 1/17 from his four overs as Afghanistan commenced their T20
World Cup campaign with a five-wicket loss to England.Hazlewood has three wickets from two matches so far for Australia, but the 31-year-old
has been uncharacteristically expensive during spells against New Zealand and Sri Lanka at the tournament.Sri Lanka spinner Wanindu
Hasaranga drops three places to sixth on the latest list for T20I bowlers, while England seamer Sam Curran moves up an eye-catching eight
spots to eighth overall following his record-breaking five-wicket haul against Afghanistan.Curran picked up England&s first ever five-wicket
haul at a T20 World Cup and ended the match with brilliant figures of 5/10 to rise to a career high rating of 657 points.Just 55 rating
points separates the top 10 bowlers on the latest rankings update, with India veteran Bhuvneshwar Kumar another new name slipping into
contention following an impressive performance against Pakistan on Sunday.The veteran seamer picked up the tidy figures of 1/22 from his
four overs against Pakistan and has been rewarded with a two-spot jump to 10th on the updated rankings list.Meanwhile, Bangladesh skipper
Shakib Al Hasan remains the top ranked all-rounder following the latest update to the rankings, with Afghanistan counterpart Mohammad Nabi
staying in second and just 14 rating points behind.The post Back on top: Rashid reclaims top bowler ranking first appeared on Ariana News.
