25-year-old Pakistan's mystery spinner jumps 69 places in latest ICC T20I rankings

Sufiyan Muqeem, a 25-year-old spinner from Pakistan, gained a lot from the latest updates of the ICC T20I rankings. The spin bowler jumped 69 spots and claimed the 35th spot with 542 points. His improvements came because of his constant performance during the 3-match T20I series between the West Indies and Pakistan.

The left-arm wrist spinner grabbed only 3 wickets in those three matches, but his influence over the games was impressive. He bowled a total of 12 overs in the series against the host West Indies and conceded only 59 runs while picking up his three wickets. Before the tour, he was in 101st place in the previous update but has now jumped to 34th position in the latest update in the T20I rankings. As of now, Muqeem is enjoying his best ICC T20I rankings. 

So far, his overall T20I career also looks very well decorated. In 13 T20Is, the hailing spinner took a total of 21 wickets at an economy rate of 5.74 with his career-best T20I figure of 5/3. 

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Recent International Matches of Sufiyan Muqeem:

Pakistan vs. West Indies, Lauderhill: 1/20

Pakistan vs. West Indies, Lauderhill: 1/19

Pakistan vs. West Indies, Lauderhill: 1/20

Despite the promising display from the emerging spinner, in the ICC T20I Bowling Rankings, no Pakistani bowler features in the top 20. Haris Rauf retained 26th place, while Abbas Afridi slipped to 27th. Shaheen Afridi fell to 36th, while Mohammad Nawaz surged 51 spots to 56th. Abrar Ahmed and Shadab Khan slipped to 60th and 72nd, respectively.

Top 10 T20I bowlers after latest updates in ICC rankings:

1. Jacob Duffy- 717

2. Adil Rashid- 710

3. Akeal Hosein- 707

4. Varun Chakravarthy- 706

5. Adam Zampa—694

6. Wanindu Hasaranga- 679

7. Ravi Bishnoi- 674

8. Rashid Khan- 646

9. Nathan Allis- 646

10. Arshdeep Singh—653