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

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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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