T20 World Cup 2022: Ratings top 8 teams based on their opening pairs
Pakistan's Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are currently dominating the ICC T20I Men's Rankings.
4. England (8/10)
England have sent warnings to other teams participating in the T20 World Cup 2022 with their latest seven-match T20I series win against Pakistan despite the absence of their key stars in Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, and Liam Livingstone. Buttler, a captain and regular opener, has recently recovered from his injury, and remains one of the most destructive T20 batters in the world.
With both Jonny Bairstow and Buttler out injured, England management went on with Phil Salt and Alex Hales as their opening pair on Pakistan tour. Salt, a young wicketkeeper batter, smashed 167 runs at a strike rate of 157.54 and the veteran Hales scored 130 runs at a strike rate of 141.30 in Pakistan.
It remains to be seen as to who opens for England in the upcoming mega event. Both Salt and Buttler opened the innings in the recently concluded The Men's Hundred 2022 for Manchester Originals and formed impressive partnerships.
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