Abhishek Sharma makes a big leap: Reaches second spot in T20 batting rankings

Indian opener Abhishek Sharma has reached no-2 in ICC's T20 rankings. After a better performance against England, he jumped 829 rating points. Travis Head was at the top and Tilak Verma was at number three. He has lost one point.

Men's T20I Batting Rankings:

Pos	Team	Player	Rating	Career Best Rating
01	AUS	Travis Head	855	884 vs Scotland at Edinburgh, 2024
02	IND	Abhishek Sharma	829	829 vs England at Mumbai, 2025
03 🔽1	IND	Tilak Varma	803	844 vs England at Chennai, 2025
04 🔽1	ENG	Phil Salt	798	860 vs West Indies at Barbados, 2024
05 🔽1	IND	Suryakumar Yadav	738	910 vs New Zealand at Ranchi, 2023

ICC released the new rankings on Wednesday. Varun Chakraborty has gained three places in the T20 bowling rankings. Now he has come from 5th to third place. Varun has 705 rating points, while England's Rashid Khan is second with 705 points and West Indies' Akil Hussain (707 points) is at first place. There is no change in the top-10 of the T20 all-rounders rankings.

Abhishek came in top 2 due to better performance against England

Abhishek scored 135 runs in the 5th T20 match against England. He hit 7 fours and 13 sixes. Abhishek completed his century in just 37 balls. He was selected Player of the Match.

Varun Chakravarthy was the Player of the Series

Varun, who was the Player of the Series by taking 14 wickets against England, has gained 3 places in the bowlers ranking. Now he has moved from the sixth position to the third position. Due to his excellent performance in the T20 series, he has also been selected for the ODI series starting from February 6.

Men's T20I All-Rounder Rankings:

Hardik remains at number 1, scored fifty in the third T20

Pos	Team	Player	Rating	Career Best Rating
01	IND	Hardik Pandya	251	266 vs West Indies at Guyana, 2023
02	NEP	Dipendra Singh Airee	231	241 vs USA at Dallas, 2024
03	AUS	Marcus Stoinis	209	232 vs Namibia at Antigua, 2024

Star all-rounder Hardik Pandya remains at the first position in the T20 all-rounders ranking. He batted brilliantly in the fourth T20 and scored a fifty in 30 balls. Pandya played an innings of 53 runs in 30 balls.