Abhishek Sharma, who was making waves with the bat in the T20I series on New Zealand tour, has once again won the crown of the world’s number-1 batsman. The Indian opener has got the advantage of scoring a century in just 35 balls against New Zealand in the ICC rankings. Abhishek achieved the first position in the latest ICC T20 International batting rankings, leaving behind his teammate Ishan Kishan. Ishaan had captured the number-1 position by defeating Abhishek in July this year, but now the tables have turned again in the battle for the top spot among Indian batsmen.

Abhishek Sharma turned the tables with a century

Abhishek Sharma batted stormily in the third T20 International match played against New Zealand in Wellington. He completed his century in just 35 balls and played an explosive inning of 113 runs in 38 balls. Thanks to his innings, India won by 6 wickets and won the series.

The effect of this brilliant performance is now visible in the latest ICC rankings as well. Abhishek has regained the top position in the ICC T20I batsmen’s rankings. Earlier in July 2025, he had achieved the number-1 position for the first time by leaving behind Australia’s Travis Head. However, after his good performance against Ireland in July this year, Ishan Kishan overtook him. Now by scoring a century against New Zealand, Abhishek has once again won the number-1 crown.

Ishan Kishan slipped 2 places

Ishan Kishan has lost 2 places and has slipped to third place. Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan has jumped one place and reached the second position. 4 batsmen from India are included in the top-10 ranking of ICC T20I batsmen. However, captain Shreyas Iyer has moved to 9th position after falling 5 places. Tilak Verma remains at 10th position. ICC T20I top-10 ranking of batsmen includes 3 batsmen from England. These include Harry Brook, Jos Buttler and Phil Salt. Brook is at fourth, Butler at 5th while Salt is at 7th. All three have gained one place each.

Akshar Patel slipped, no Indian bowler in top-10

No bowler of Team India has been able to make it to the top 10. Akshar Patel has slipped one place to 11th position. Arshdeep Singh is at 15th and Jasprit Bumrah is at 27th. Akshar and Arshdeep are playing in the current series against New Zealand. Bumrah has been rested from this series.

Rashid Khan of Afghanistan remains at number-1. Australia’s Adam Zampa is in second place and England’s Rashid Khan is in third place.

There is no Indian even in the top-10 all-rounders

Hardik Pandya, who is out of the team due to injury, still remains the highest ranked Indian all-rounder. He is at 13th position with 184 rating points. Sikandar Raza of Zimbabwe is number-1 and Saim Ayub of Pakistan is number-2 all-rounder.

Temba Bavuma comes second, Steve Smith slips down

In the latest ranking of Test batsmen, Harry Brook remains at number one, while South Africa Test team captain Temba Bavuma, who scored a century in the second Test match against Australia, has gained 4 places and has now come at number two. Steve Smith lost 3 places and moved to 5th while Rachin Ravindra lost one place and moved from 5th to 6th. In the rankings of Test batsmen, Rishabh Pant remains at 7th while captain Shubman Gill remains at 9th. Yashasvi Jaiswal gained one place and came at number 11.

Babar Azam suffered loss, Ben Duckett-Harry Brook gained.

In the rankings of ODI batsmen, Shubman Gill remains at the first position while Babar Azam lost two places and moved from 7th to 9th. Virat Kohli remains at second, Rohit Sharma at third while KL Rahul remains at number 10. Harry Brook gained six places to reach number 8 while Ben Duckett also gained six places to number 7. Joe Root lost 2 places and was out of the top-10 and came at number 11.

Marco Yansen became number 1

In the rankings for Test bowlers, South Africa’s Marco Jansen jumped 5 places to reach the first position while Jasprit Bumrah lost one place and moved from 5th to 6th. In the ranking of ODI bowlers, Rashid Khan remains at number one while Keshav Maharaj has jumped one place to become second. Kuldeep Yadav remains at 5th position while Shaheen Afridi has jumped two places and is now at 6th position.

In the ODI bowlers’ rankings, Afghanistan’s Azmatullah Omarzai jumped 13 places to reach 7th position while Namibia’s Bernard

Sholtz jumped 9 places to 8th. Joffra Archer lost 3 places and slipped to 10th position. Rashid Khan remains at number one in the rankings for T20I bowlers, while New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner gained 7 places and came to 7th position. Akshar Patel lost one place and moved from 10th to 11th. Marco Jansen jumped one place to become number one in the Test all-rounder rankings.

Sanju Samson out of top-2, Rohit number 1, Ishan, Abhishek in the list; Top-8 Indian openers who hit most sixes in T20I

In terms of hitting the most sixes as an Indian opener in T20 International cricket, former Indian T20 captain Rohit Sharma is at the first place, who had hit a total of 184 sixes in 124 innings, while star Indian opener Abhishek Sharma is at second place in this list.