Abhishek Sharma plundered runs at will in the first two T20Is against Afghanistan to trump Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan in the latest ICC rankings.
Latest ICC men’s T20I rankings for batters: Abhishek Sharma trumps Sahibzada Farhan with stunning batting display vs Afghanistan
The Indian opener climbed one spot to grab the second position in the latest ICC T20I rankings for batters with 862 rating points. He smashed 121 runs in two matches against Afghanistan at a strike rate of 256 to go past Farhan, who is set to lead Pakistan at the Asian Games.
Farhan boasts 848 rating points and will be keen to improve on that at the Asian Games. India and Pakistan may end up facing at the Games, in the bronze- or the gold-medal match. Ishan Kishan continues to hold on to his top spot with 913 rating points, while Tilak Varma has slipped to eighth in the rankings after not getting to bat much in the last two matches. Tilak’s slide had to do with Jos Buttler smashing 80 off 44 with eight fours and three sixes in the first T20I against Sri Lanka on September 15 and rising a spot to seventh with 748 rating points.
Position | Player | Country | Rating Points |
1 | Ishan Kishan | India | 913 |
2 | Abhishek Sharma | India | 862 |
3 | Sahibzada Farhan | Pakistan | 848 |
4 | Phil Salt | England | 799 |
5 | Dewald Brevis | South Africa | 789 |
6 | Pathum Nissanka | Sri Lanka | 751 |
7 | Jos Buttler | England | 748 |
8 | Tilak Varma | India | 740 |
9 | Harry Brook | England | 734 |
10 | Mitchell Marsh | Australia | 706 |
ICC Men’s T20I rankings for bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah enters top 10
Jasprit Bumrah has jumped seven places on his return to India’s T20I side and is 10th in the latest update. Varun Chakaravarthy has also climbed two spots to fifth, while Rashid Khan continues to be the No.1 bowler in T20Is.
Position | Player | Country | Rating Points |
1 | Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | 744 |
2 | Abrar Ahmed | India | 736 |
3 | Adil Rashid | England | 710 |
4 | Adam Zampa | Australia | 700 |
5 | Varun Chakaravarthy | India | 678 |
6 | Nathan Ellis | Australia | 675 |
7 | Wanindu Hasaranga | Sri Lanka | 668 |
8 | Mohammad Nawaz | Pakistan | 658 |
= | Maheesh Theekshana | Sri Lanka | 658 |
10 | Jasprit Bumrah | India | 650 |
As for all-rounders, Afghanistan’s Azmatullah Omarzai has jumped to fifth place after an unbeaten 64 against India in the first T20I.
ICC men’s T20I rankings for all-rounders
Position | Player | Country | Rating Points |
1 | Sikandar Raza | Zimbabwe | 321 |
2 | Saim Ayub | Pakistan | 275 |
3 | Dipendra Singh Airee | Nepal | 256 |
4 | Roston Chase | West Indies | 249 |
5 | Azmatullah Omarzai | Afghanistan | 246 |
6 | Will Jacks | England | 243 |
7 | Hardik Pandya | India | 234 |
8 | Mohammad Nabi | Afghanistan | 216 |
9 | Gerhard Erasmus | Namibia | 213 |
10 | Jason Holder | West Indies | 209 |
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