Abhishek Sharma and Varun Chakravarthy have maintained their top spots in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) rankings for batsmen and bowlers in T20Is respectively while three Pakistan players have made signifcant jumps following their 2-1 series win over South Africa at home.
Abhishek tops the batters’ list with 925 rating points ahead of England’s Phil Salt and Tilak Verma. India captain Suryakumar Yadav is the only other player from the side the top 10, sitting at eighth. Spinner Chakravarthy remains top with West Indies Akeal Hossein sitting on second. Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan squares off the top three, which remained unchanged.
There was a change right below them, though, with Australia’s Adam Zampa falling three places from fourth to seventh, resulting in Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga, England’s Adil Rashid and Wasaranga’s teammate Nuwan Thushara all going up a spot. Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood (up two spots to 10th) among the biggest improvers this week on the back of his exploits at home against India.
Chakravarthy is the only Indian to feature in the top 10 of the T20 bowlers’ rankings. Hardik Pandya, meanwhile, is the lone Indian to feature in the top 10 of T20 all-rounders’ rankings at the fourth spot, which is being headed by Pakistan’s Saim Ayub, followed by Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza and West Indies’ Roston Chase.
A trio of players from Pakistan are rewarded for their efforts against the Proteas, with Babar Azam (up nine spots to equal 30th), Ayub (up 10 places to 39th) and Salman Agha (up 10 rungs to 54th) all making ground on the list for T20I batters that is led by Abhishek.
Pakistan have won as many as four of their five bilateral series in 2025, with their most recent success coming at home against South Africa, registering an impressive 2-1 series triumph ahead of the next edition of the T20 World Cup. West Indies skipper Shai Hope (up two spots to 12th), Bangladesh left-hander Tanzid Hasan (up 20 places to 17th) and Afghanistan duo Rahmanullah Gurbaz (up three rungs to 15th) and Ibrahim Zadran (up six slots to 20th) also climbed up the ladder for T20I batters this week.
