Nepal Men’s team all-rounder, Dipendra Singh Airee, rose in the latest ICC Rankings after his heroic innings against Qatar, during which he hit six sixes in an over.
The 24-year-old entered the record books becoming the third batter to hit sixes in an over in an international T20 game on Saturday, April 13.
Airee joined India’s Yuvraj Singh and West Indiesβ Kieron Pollard to become the third batter to achieve the feat in Men’s T20Is. Yuvraj was the first to do so in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2007 off Stuart Broad whilst Pollard joined him in 2021 by smashing Akila Dananjaya for six sixes in Coolidge.
Airee has made a good ground in both the T20I batter rankings and all-rounder rankings that were published on Wednesday. He improved a total of 16 places to equal 61st on the T20I batters, while he rose to 14 spots to 11th on the T20I all-rounders list.
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The in-form all-rounder wasn’t the only player from Nepal to make ground in the latest rankings update. Teammate Aasif Sheikh moved up 36 spots to 75th on the list for T20I batters following a hat-trick of good scores at the same tournament.
The 22-year-old opener produced scores of 32, 52, and 40 in consecutive matches against Malaysia, Qatar, and Hong Kong, respectively, leading to a new career-high rating as a result of his good form.
Meanwhile, Kushal Malla has also been in decent touch for Nepal lately. The 20-year-old rose five places to equal 27th on the updated T20I all-rounder rankings, propelled by an innings of 35 and a wicket against Qatar.
