Fakhar Zaman achieves his best T20I ranking ever

Pakistan’s flamboyant hitter Fakhar Zaman has been on a role this year with his performance, with the latest achievement is getting his best T20 ranking ever.

The left-hander hit his career's best 91 in Pakistan’s victory over Australia in the final of the tri-nation series hosted by Zimbabwe. Following the series, International Cricket Council issued new T20I batsmen rankings.

In the latest rankings, Australia’s Arron Finch has taken over top spot from Babar Azam, who was not part of the series due to injury. Meanwhile, Fakhar, who was named player of the series, has jumped to second spot followed by India’s KL Rahul.

Fakhar has an opportunity to create a world record of most runs in T20 internationals in a year as he takes his score tally to 516, which is highest by any Pakistani player in the shortest format during a calendar year.

Only two players have scored more runs than Fakhar in a year, Virat Kohli (641) and Mohammad Shahzad (520), both in 2010. Pakistan are scheduled to play at least 6 more T20Is this year.