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No.	Player	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100	50	0	Ratings
1	CH Gayle (WI)	7	261	117	37	161	1	2	1	382
2	G Gambhir (India)	9	312	75	35	131	0	4	1	306
3	ST Jayasuriya (SL)	11	341	88	31	154	0	3	2	279
4	Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak)	13	398	87*	31	128	0	3	0	230
5	GC Smith (SA)	12	364	89*	30	127	0	3	0	230
6	A Symonds (Aus)	10	337	85*	34	170	0	2	1	228
7	Yuvraj Singh (India)	7	211	70	30	173	0	2	0	225
8	JDP Oram (NZ)	10	264	66*	26	154	0	2	0	195
9	JP Duminy (SA)	8	235	78	29	147	0	2	2	190
10	H Masakadza (Zim)	7	258	79	37	136	0	2	0	186
11	RT Ponting (Aus)	12	374	98*	31	135	0	2	1	176
12	PD Collingwood (Eng)	13	330	79	25	140	0	2	1	176
13	DS Smith (WI)	5	166	61	33	124	0	2	0	165
14	BB McCullum (NZ)	19	457	61	24	127	0	2	0	157
15	Shoaib Malik (Pak)	15	383	57	26	125	0	2	0	157
16	HH Gibbs (SA)	12	206	90*	17	130	0	2	4	152
17	LRPL Taylor (NZ)	14	265	63	19	127	0	2	2	152
18	DR Martyn (Aus)	4	120	96	30	162	0	1	0	130
19	MN Samuels (WI)	6	131	51	22	177	0	1	0	127
20	CD McMillan (NZ)	7	187	57	27	160	0	1	0	123
21	Mohammad Ashraful (Ban)	9	164	61	18	176	0	1	0	120
22	KP Pietersen (Eng)	14	363	79	26	149	0	1	1	113
23	Imran Nazir (Pak)	9	201	59	22	150	0	1	0	109
24	OA Shah (Eng)	9	235	55*	26	135	0	1	0	103
25	JM Kemp (SA)	7	203	89*	29	127	0	1	0	100

* Updated upto Sri Lanka Vs India only T20 on Feb 10th, 2009.

* Basic Criteria: Batsmen should have played 5 inns or more.

Parameters used

 The initial impression that shadowed the introduction of Twenty20 that it is a format that basically begins at blind slogging, spends a few minutes at kitchen-sink-throwing and ends with a carefree chuckle after missing the ball is one that is beginning to fade away as the world is slowly beginning to accept that the 20-over format involves that little word which builds magicians in sports – skill.

The key, we understand, to get a ranking system to come as close to an accurate evaluation as possible is to understand what are the key parameters that influence the 20 over format.

As far as batting is concerned, the three primary factors would be the strike rate – it is all about quick scoring after all, the frequency of 50+ scores – since a 50 or a 100 in a 20 over game can be far, far more impactful than one in a 50 over game where the opposition has time to nullify it and the average- the best indicator of a player’s consistency.

But the factor that is more important than any of these is the relevance of these figures to the team’s performance. How much a player averages is not as important as how much he adds to his team’s average.

The three factors above have been given weights, seen in relation with the batsmen’s respective team’s averages, processed and brought out in the form of ‘Squadstats Ranking points’.

 So, in a nutshell, Squadstats ranking points evaluates a batsman on how much he contributes to the team’s overall batting, based on the three broad parameters of average, strike rate and frequency of 50+ innings.