{"id":301092,"date":"2023-12-20T19:25:24","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T19:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=301092"},"modified":"2023-12-20T19:25:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T19:25:24","slug":"englands-adil-rashid-becomes-worlds-no-1-twenty20-bowler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/%d1%81ricket\/englands-adil-rashid-becomes-worlds-no-1-twenty20-bowler\/","title":{"rendered":"England's Adil Rashid becomes world's No 1 Twenty20 bowler"},"content":{"rendered":"
Adil Rashid has become the world’s No 1-ranked Twenty20 bowler on the back of his strong form on England’s tour of the Caribbean.<\/p>\n
Yorkshire’s Rashid is the leading wicket-taker in the series with seven and has also kept West Indies’ big hitters in check, returning an outstanding economy rate of 6.43 – the next best amongst his England team-mates is Reece Topley with 9.2.<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old has overtaken two other leg-spinners in Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan and Ravi Bishnoi, of India, to hit the summit.<\/p>\n
Graeme Swann, a World Cup winner with England in 2010, is the only other England bowler to have risen to No 1 in the International Cricket Council’s rankings.<\/p>\n
Rashid became the first Englishman to 100 T20 international wickets in the opening match of an enthralling tussle between the sides here that is locked at 2-2 going into Thursday’s decider at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy.<\/p>\n
Confirmation of his rise to the top came a day after he surprisingly went unsold during the Indian Premier League auction.<\/p>\n
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England’s Adil Rashid (second right), seen celebrating a wicket in Grenada, is No 1 in the world<\/p>\n
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Rashid celebrates with Phil Salt after getting the wicket of Rovman Powell in Tarouba\u00a0<\/p>\n