The latest Reliance ICC Twenty20 Player Rankings have been released just before the ICC World Twenty20 tournament, and two Zimbabweans have made it to the lists of the top twenty players.  Hamilton Masakadza is 13th in the batting list, despite his sterling performances in the Zimbabwe Triangular Tournament in June being ranked as unofficial, while Prosper Utseya is 17th in the bowling list.

Brendon McCullum, of New Zealand, is rated the top Twenty20 batsman in the world, with 833 points, while Masakadza is credited with 649 points.  Saeed Ajmal, ofPakistan, is rated the top bowler, with 782 points, while Utseya has 596 points.