DUBAI, Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates – De­spite not play­ing a T20I se­ries for the year, West In­dies left-arm spin­ner Akeal Ho­sein is still the num­ber one ranked T20I bowler in the world ac­cord­ing to the lat­est In­ter­na­tion­al Crick­et Coun­cil (ICC) rank­ings.

In the lat­est rank­ings re­leased on Mon­day, Ho­sein, who last played a T20I for the West In­dies in De­cem­ber 2024 against Bangladesh, holds a slen­der lead at the top of the ta­ble with 707 points.

In­dia’s leg spin­ner Varun Chakar­avarthy is close be­hind in sec­ond on 706 points, while Eng­land’s Adil Rashid is third on 705 points.

West In­dies’ fel­low left-arm spin­ner Gu­dakesh Motie is the next high­est ranked West In­di­an on the list at num­ber 11, while off spin­ner Ros­ton Chase dropped one spot to 19th.

Pac­er Alzarri Joseph slipped one spot to 35th, Ro­mario Shep­herd moved up one place to 39th, while Ja­son Hold­er (69th) and Obed Mc­Coy (79th), are the oth­er bowlers in the top 100.

In the Men’s T20I bat­ting rank­ings, Nicholas Pooran dropped one spot to 17th, while John­son Charles al­so slipped one spot to 19th to be the high­est West In­di­ans on the list.

Bran­don King is 22nd, while Rov­man Pow­ell and Shai Hope both fell one place to 30th and 31st re­spec­tive­ly.

Kyle May­ers is ranked 64th, Sher­fane Ruther­ford is tied 72nd and Ro­mario Shep­herd is tied 99th.

CMC