T20 World Cup 2024: Top Stars and Rankings of Players

A look into which players made the most of the two years between the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 and 2024 by analysing their movement in the ICC Rankings table.

Since the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022, a lot has happened. First off, this year’s event will feature several matches at a stunning new cricket stadium in New York, including the June 9 encounter between India and Pakistan.

Some teams have also had an incredible turnaround in their fortunes, most notably the co-hosts West Indies. West Indies have rebounded from their 2022 first-round exit due to losses to Ireland and Scotland, as they defeated South Africa, India, and the reigning champion England in a bilateral series in 2023. They defeated South Africa 3-0 in a bilateral series this week, demonstrating their excellent form ahead of the competition.

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Travis Head and Yashasvi Jaiswal make a huge impression in the batting rankings

The biggest talent to enter the fray in T20Is, if not all of international cricket, between the two T20 World Cups, is India’s dynamic opening batter Yashasvi Jaiswal. Since making his debut in August 2023, Jaiswal has set the stage on fire in T20Is.

With 502 runs in 17 T20Is, striking at a rate of 161.93, Jaiswal has become the top-ranked Indian batter in the format after Suryakumar Yadav. While he hadn’t even made his debut at the end of the T20 World Cup in 2022, Jaiswal is currently sixth in the batting rankings in men’s T20Is.

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A strikingly similar story has also emerged from Down Under, where Travis Head’s stocks have shot through the roof. The left-handed opener went up from a ranking of 587 in November 2022 to 16th in 2024. After a stunning IPL 2024 for Sunrisers Hyderabad, Head was earmarked for bigger glory by his compatriot and Aussie legend, Ricky Ponting.

“My prediction for the leading run scorer will be Travis Head,” Ponting told The ICC Review.

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“I just think everything he’s done, whether it be red ball or white ball in the last couple of years, has been of the highest quality. I think he’s playing fearless cricket at the moment.”