Deependra Singh Airi Drops to Fifth Place in ICC T20I All-Rounder Rankings

Deependra Singh Airi, the all-rounder of the Nepal national cricket team, has slipped to fifth place in the ICC T20I all-rounder rankings. His rating points have decreased to 239, moving him down from fourth to fifth position. During the ICC T20 World Cup, Deependra scored a team-high 169 runs for Nepal and took 2 wickets. Kathmandu, 11 Chaitra.

According to the updated rankings released by ICC on Wednesday, accounting for data up to Tuesday, Deependra moved from fourth to fifth place. His rating points have dropped to 239. Previously, following his performance in the group stage of the ICC T20 World Cup held in India, Deependra’s ranking had improved from sixth to fourth. Recently, he was also appointed as Nepal’s T20I captain.

In the T20 World Cup, Deependra was Nepal’s top run-scorer with 169 runs and took 2 wickets. This performance boosted his rating points to a career-high 244. Nepal played T20Is against the UAE on Monday and Tuesday, with Deependra batting in both matches. He scored 32 runs in the first match and an unbeaten 23 runs in the second.

Although he did not bowl in the first match, Deependra bowled 3 overs in the second, conceding 16 runs without taking any wickets. Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza remains at the top of the all-rounder rankings with a rating of 328. India’s Hardik Pandya also continues in second place with 299 points. Pakistan’s Shaiyan Ayub is third, Azmatullah Omarzai is fourth, and West Indies’ Roston Chase has risen to fifth place. Chase shares the fifth position with Deependra, both holding 239 rating points.