The International Cricket Council (ICC) has declared the player for the award of the Player of the Tournament at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan has been named in the list of shortlisted players for the prestigious award.
Farhan gave an excellent knock in the tournament by scoring 383 runs in seven matches with remarkable average of 76.60 and strike rate of 160.25. He also made the record by scoring most runs in a single edition of T20 World Cup making 383 runs in six innings.
The Pakistani batter also scored two centuries in the tournament against Sri Lanka national cricket team and Namibia national cricket team becoming the only batter to score two centuries in a single T20 world cup edition.
Among the rest of the nominees are India’s Sanju Samson, England’s Will Jacks, South Africa’s Lungi Ngidi and Aiden Markram.
New Zealand’s Rachin Ravindra and Tim Seifert have also been nominated along with USA’s Saurabh Netravalkar among the talk of the day of the tournament.
Abhishek Sharma’s hold on the top batting spot in the ICC Men’s T20I Batter Rankings doesn’t look as strong as it did before as Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan makes huge strides after a decent T20 World Cup run.
Farhan wrote his name in the record books when he made history as the first to score two centuries in a single ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
His latest hundred came against Sri Lanka in Pallekele which resulted in him moving up into second position in the rankings with a new career best rating.
Although Abhishek still leads the charts, his lead has been cut to 26 rating points.
Farhan’s splendid run tally of 383 runs from the tournament helped him to move past England’s Phil Salt and reduce the margin to the Indian batter at the top.
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