A 5-match T20 series will be played between India and Australia, the top 2 teams in the ICC T20 rankings, from October 29. Pakistan vs South Africa 3 match T20 series is starting from Tuesday. A lot will change in the ICC rankings after this series, but who is the batsman, bowler and all-rounder at number one right now? Let us know and information about the top 5 players in each category is also given here.

Top-5 teams of T20

Team India, captained by Suryakumar Yadav, is currently at number one in the ICC T20 team rankings. India has 272 ratings and 17396 points in 64 matches. Australia is at second place with 268 rating and 10434 points.

• 1- India (272 ratings)
• 2- Australia – (268 ratings)
• 3- England- (258 ratings)
• 4- New Zealand-(250 rating)
• 5- South Africa-(241 ratings)

Who is the number one batsman in T20?

India’s Abhishek Sharma is the number-1 batsman in T20, he has 926 rating points. Talking only about Australian batsmen, Travis Head is at the top of the rankings, he is at sixth position in the list with 743 rating. Abhishek and Travis Head both play for the same team (Sunrisers Hyderabad) in IPL.

Top-5 batsmen in ICC rankings

• 1- Abhishek Sharma (India)- 926
• 2- Phil Salt (England) – 857
• 3- Tilak Verma (India)- 819
• 4- Pathum Nissanka (Sri Lanka) – 779
• 5- Jos Buttler (England)- 775

Who is the number one bowler in T20?

Indian spinner Varun Chakravarthy is the world’s number-1 T20 bowler. He became the number-1 bowler during Asia Cup 2025. He has 803 rating points. Talking about Australian bowlers, Adam Zampa is at the top, who is at 5th place in the list with 691 rating.

Top 5 T20 bowlers in ICC rankings

• 1- Varun Kakraborty (India)- 803
• 2- Akeal Hosein (West Indies)- 699
• 3- Adil Rashid (England)- 696
• 4- Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)- 693
• 5- Adam Zampa (Afghanistan)- 691

Who is the number one all-rounder in T20?

Pakistan’s Sam Ayub is the world’s number-1 T20 all-rounder. India’s top all-rounder in the list is Hardik Pandya, who is at second place with 233 rating. However, Hardik is not a part of the upcoming T20 series against Australia. Talking about Australia, there is no player in the top-5 or top-10.

Top-5 T20 all-rounders in ICC rankings

• 1- Sam Ayub (Pakistan)- 241
• 2- Hardik Pandya (India) – 233
• 3- Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan) – 223
• 4- Deependra Singh (Nepal)- 202
• 5- Alexander Raja (Zimbabwe) – 198

Indian spinner Varun Chakraborty has become the world’s number-1 T20 bowler. The ICC released its latest ranking on Wednesday, 17 September. After a brilliant performance in the Asia Cup 2025, Kuldeep Yadav has also made a long jump in the ranking. He has come from 37th to 23rd position. Abhishek Sharma remains the number-1 batsman in T20 but Tilak Verma has lost 2 places.

Varun Chakraborty becomes number-1 bowler in T20

Against the UAE, Varun Chakraborty gave only 4 runs in his 2 -overs spell and took 1 wicket. 34 -year -old spinner Varun took 1 wicket for 24 runs in his 4 -overs spell against Pakistan. He has come first in the ICC T20 bowling rankings by jumping 3 places. For the first time in history, Varun became the number-1 bowler.

Varun has come first with 733 ratings, while earlier this crown was on the head of Jacob Dafi of New Zealand. He has slipped to second place. In addition to Varun in the top 10, Ravi Bishnoi is, who has lost 2 places. He is not included in the Asia Cup squad. Bishnoi has now come at number 8.

Kuldeep Yadav reached number 23

With 604 ratings, spinner Kuldeep Yadav has reached number 23, he jumped 16 places. Kuldeep took 4 wickets for 7 runs in 2.1 overs against UAE in the first match of Asia Cup 2025. Against Pakistan, he took 3 wickets for 18 runs in 4 overs spell. Kuldeep was adjudged Player of the Match in both matches.

India’s reign in all -rounder and batting rankings

Hardik Pandya holds number one in the ICC T20 all -rounder rankings. In this list, Pakistan’s Sam Aub has benefited 4 places, he has now come at number six. In the ranking of T20 batsmen, India’s player is at number one.

Abhishek Sharma is the number-1 T20 batsman with 884 ratings. In this list, Tilak Verma has lost 2 places, he has moved from second place to number four. Suryakumar Yadav has also reached number 7 from sixth.

Asia cup team in icc t20 rankings: The top 10 in the ICC’s T20 rankings names five countries in Asia. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka have confirmed their place in the top 10. But Pakistan is very bad in this list. At the same time, Afghanistan defeated Pakistan in a match played in the ongoing Tri -series between UAE, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Among the teams of Asia, Afghanistan’s team is now seen in a better style than before.

India number one in ICC T20 Rankings

Not only Asia, but India remains number one among all the teams playing T20 International cricket. Team India tops T20 rankings with 271 rating points. The dominance in India’s T20 International continues. Indian batsman Abhishek Sharma is also number one in ICC Mains T20 batting rankings. Star player Hardik Pandya is at the top in the ICC T20 all -rounder rankings. The name of the Indian player is not on top in the bowling section only in T20 rankings.

5 teams of Asia in T20 rankings

In the ICC T20 rankings, no team from Asia is included in the top 5 other than India. Whether Pakistan or Sri Lanka, all teams in T20 are far behind in Team India.

• Sri Lanka is at number 7 with 232 rating points in ICC T20 International Rankings among the teams coming for the Asia Cup.
• Pakistan is behind Sri Lanka in ICC T20 rankings. Pakistan is at number 8 with 231 rating points in this list.
• Afghanistan is at number 9 in the ICC T20 rankings. This team has 223 rating points.
• Bangladesh has also made it to the top 10 in the ICC T20 rankings. Bangladesh’s team is at number 10 with 221 rating points.

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ICC T20i Rankings Before Asia Cup: The Asia Cup 2025 will be played in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The tournament will start from 9 September and its final match will be played on 28 September. Eight teams will participate in the Asia Cup, out of which seven countries have announced the team. UAE is only a team that has not yet announced the squad. This time the Asia Cup will be in T20 format. Before the start of this tournament, we know which number these teams are in the ICC T20 International rankings and who is at the forefront of the ICC T20I rankings.

Who is at the forefront of the ICC T20I rankings?

India dominates the ICC T20 International rankings. India is number one in T20 cricket not only in Asia, but in all countries of the world. Team India is at the top position with ICC T20 International Team Rankings 217 rating points. India won the T20 World Cup 2024 and told the world that Team India is the champion of this format. After this World Cup, Rohit Sharma announced his retirement, after which Suryakumar Yadav got the captaincy of the team.

ICC rankings of all teams of Asia Cup

• Among the Asia Cup teams, India is number one with 271 rating points in T20 rankings.
• Sri Lanka is at number 7 in the ICC T20 rankings with 232 rating points in the Asia Cup 2025 teams.
• Pakistan is at number 8 with 231 rating points in T20 rankings.
• Afghanistan ranks 9th with 223 rating points.
• Bangladesh is at number 10 in the ICC T20 team rackings with 221 rating points.
• The United Arab Emirates team ranks 15th in this list with 180 rating points.
• Oman is at number 20 in the ICC T20 rankings with 146 rating points.
• Hong Kong China is at number 24 with 128 rating points in the ICC T20 team rackings.

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For the first time in the Asia Cup, when 8 teams are presenting a claim for the trophy. Till now this tournament has been played in ODI and T20 formats, but a maximum of 6 teams had participated. There will be more teams, the level of competition will also be tremendous and due to the T20 format, there will be a rain of fours and sixes in the matches. Earlier on September 9, the first match of the tournament should be played, before that, take a look at the ranking of all the teams participating in the Asia Cup.

Team India is number-1 in T20

Team India is number-1 in the rankings of International T20 cricket. India’s rating is 271, which is five points ahead of Australia in second place, but Australia will not participate in the Asia Cup. The Indian team has played 31 T20 matches since 2024, in which it has lost only three times.

Ranking of Asia Cup teams

The Indian team is at the top, while Sri Lanka is second among the teams taking part in the Asia Cup, which is currently on number-7. Pakistan team is at eighth place, which has suffered seven defeats in 14 matches played in the year 2025. Afghanistan is present at the 9th and Bangladesh tenth position. Only these five teams are participating in the Asia Cup are full members of the ICC.

He is followed by the United Arab Emirates number, which is ranked 15th in the T20 rankings. The 20th place is near Oman and Hong Kong is currently at the 24th position. Let us tell you that the Asia Cup matches are to be played in the UAE itself.

• India – 1
• Sri Lanka – 7
• Pakistan – 8
• Afghanistan – 9
• Bangladesh – 10
• United Arab Emirates (UAE) – 15
• Oman – 20
• Hong Kong – 24

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Prior to the Asia Cup, Pakistan cricket team won an important T20 series against the West Indies. The Pakistan team captained by Salman Aga defeated the third and decisive T20 by 13 runs and won the series 2–1. Currently, Pakistan is at number 8 in the ICC T20 team rankings, will it grow up in the table after this performance?

Pakistan cricket team is currently at 8th position in the ICC T20 team rankings with 231 ratings. The team has 11757 points in 51 matches. While now the West Indies is also above this team. The West Indies is at number six with 239 ratings. The Sri Lanka team is occupied with 232 rating at number 5. Pakistan’s points are better than Sri Lanka and West Indies, and in the rating, only 1 point behind Sri Lanka.

Who is the world’s number-1 T20 team in the ICC rankings?

The Indian cricket team is the world’s number 1 T20 team. The team has 271 ratings in the ranking and 15425 points in 57 matches. Captain Suryakumar Yadav is currently in India’s T20 format. The upcoming Asia Cup will also be played in T20 format itself.

What happened in West Indies vs Pakistan Third T20

Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first. Sahibzada Farhan scored 74 runs in 53 balls with the help of 5 sixes and 3 fours. Saim Ayub scored 66 runs in 49 balls, he hit 2 sixes and 4 fours. Both shared a brilliant partnership of 138 runs for the first wicket. Pakistan gave the West Indies a target of 190 runs to win.

Chasing the target, West Indies managed to score 176 runs in 20 overs. Elik Ethanaz (60) and Sherfen Rutherford (51) played half -century innings. But he could not win his team. Hasan Ali proved to be the most expensive for Pakistan, who took 1 wicket for 38 runs in 3 overs. Mohammad Nawaz took 1 wicket for 33 runs in 3 overs. The most affordable Sufiyan Mukim was, who gave just 20 runs in 4 overs and took 1 wicket. Earlier, Pakistan won the first T20 match of the series, the second T20 won by the West Indies.

Shubman Gill, Jaspreet Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya and Abhishek Sharma are the world’s number-1 player in different categories of all three formats. The men’s cricket team is also the top team in the world in 2 formats (ODI and T20). From this you can understand that in the ICC rankings there is the reign of male cricket but it is not so in women’s cricket. No Indian female cricketer is at number-1 in any format.

The ICC updates in its ranking every week. This week, the ranking of the women’s cricket team also changed. ICC releases ODI and T20 rankings in women’s cricket, while Test ranking with them in male cricket is also updated.

ICC women’s team rankings

Australia’s reign is maintained in the ICC ODI and T20 women’s team rankings, both are team number-1 in format. The Indian team is at number three in both formats. The team’s rating point is 124 in ODIs and 263 in T20.

ICC women batting ranking

Smriti Mandhana’s reign ended this week, in her place of England’s Natalie Skiver-Brant new number-1 ODI batsman. Mandhana has moved to number two. Australia’s Beth Muni is at number one in the T20 batting rankings, Smriti Mandhana is at the top for India who is at number three.

ICC Women Bowling Ranking

England’s Sophie Aclestone is the world’s number-1 ODI bowler, while the second and third are Australian players. At number four is India’s Deepti Sharma, he has 650 rating points. Sadia Iqbal is the number-1 bowler in the world in T20. Deepti Sharma of India is in third place.

ICC Women all -rounder rankings

Australia’s Ash Gardner ODI is number one in the all -rounder rankings, he has 470 rating points. At the top of this list, Indian is Deepti Sharma, who is at number four. They have 369 rating points. The T20 all -rounder rankings have Haley Mathews at number one. The West Indies player has 505 points. Deepti Sharma of India is third with 387 points.

The Indian cricket team remains king in the ICC rankings. Team India is the number-1 team in the world in ODI and T20. In different categories of all three formats (Test, ODI and T20i), 5 Indian players are at number-1, including Shubman Gill, Jaspreet Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja. The ICC released the latest ranking on Wednesday, 30 July. Know who is in the ranking after this.

ICC men’s team rankings

Australia team tops the Test in the men’s team rankings, it is at number one with 124 points. India is at number four here, Team India has 105 points. While the Indian cricket team is at the top in ODI and T20. India is the world’s number-1 team with 124 points in ODIs and 271 points in T20.

Shubman Gill and Abhishek Sharma number-1 batsman

In the ICC men’s Test batting rankings, which is in the route number-1, but both other formats are at the top Indian batsmen. Shubman Gill is the world’s number-1 ODI batsman with 784 rating points. Abhishek Sharma became the number-1 batsman in the T20 rankings on July 30, he left behind the Travis Head, which had been on this position for 1 year.

Jasprit Bumrah number-1 Test bowler

Jasprit Bumrah is the world’s number-1 bowler in the ICC men’s Test bowling rankings. He has 898 rating points. The first number in the ODI bowling rankings is Mahish Tuxna (671 points) of Sri Lanka. Indian bowler Kuldeep Yadav (650 points) is second in the list. In the T20 bowling rankings, New Zealand’s Jacob Dafi is at number one with 717 points. Varun Chakraborty is at number three in this list.

Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya number-1 all-rounder

The number-1 bowler in the ICC men’s Test all-rounder rankings is Ravindra Jadeja, his tour of England has been excellent. He scored a century in the fourth Test. The ODI all-rounder rankings are number-1 Azmatullah Omarzai of Afghanistan. Hardik Pandya is the world’s number-1 all-rounder in T20.

World’s number-1 Indian player in ICC rankings

• Shubman Gill- ODI number-1 batsman
• Abhishek Sharma- T20 number-1 batsman
• Jaspreet Bumrah- Test number-1 bowler
• Ravindra Jadeja- Test number-1 all-rounder
• Hardik Pandya- T20 number-1 all-rounder.

The ICC released the latest ranking on Wednesday, 30 July in which Indian opener Abhishek Sharma has become the number-1 batsman of T20. He has taken away the crown of Travis Head, who started the innings with him in the IPL. After 1 year, the head of the head ended and he moved to another place. Abhishek created history by achieving this position only after playing only 17 matches.

Abhishek Sharma was first second in the T20 batsmen rankings, Travis Head stood as the number 1 batsman of T20 for about 1 year. Now Abhishek took away his crown. Abhishek has 829 rating points and head has 814 points.

List of ICC Top 5 T20 batsmen

• Abhishek Sharma (India)- 829 ratings
• Travis head (Australia)- 814 ratings
• Tilak Verma (India)- 804 ratings
• Phil Salt (England)- 791 ratings
• Jose Butler (England)- 772 ratings

Abhishek Sharma T20 career, and records

Abhishek Sharma has played 17 international T20 matches, in which he has scored 535 runs at a strike rate of 193.84 in 16 innings played. He has 2 centuries and 2 half -centuries in T20 International.

Abhishek Sharma is the highest innings in T20 international cricket for India. He scored 135 runs in 54 balls against England. In this innings played on February 2, 2025, he hit 13 sixes and 7 fours.

He scored a century in 37 balls in the match played against England in February this year, which is the second fastest century by Indian in T20 International. Rohit is at number one, who scored a century in 35 balls. Rohit has retired from T20 format.

Abhishek Sharma is the second Indian to score the fastest half -century in T20 International. In the innings in which he scored the fastest century, he scored a half -century in 17 balls. Ahead of him is only Yuvraj Singh, who scored a half -century in 12 balls in 2007.

ICC Rankings Rules: ICC player rankings are the table in which rank is given through points base system based on the performance of international cricketers. Cricket players are rated between 0 to 1000 points. If a player’s performance is better than last year, then the points of that player grow. On the other hand, if the player’s performance deteriorated compared to before, then the points are reduced.

How is the players ranked?

An algorithm is used to calculate the performance of a match of the cricketer, causing the player’s performance to calculate according to the situation of that match. In this algorithm, the player’s runs and wickets taken in that match are included. If the player has won his team in the difficult situation, then the value of his performance increases even more.

In this calculation process of ICC, no person can interfere nor is any player more important. The ICC keeps this ranking process completely fair. It is worth noting here that there are different factors to decide the ranking in Test cricket, ODI and T20. The ICC tells the position of players in the table through the ranking of the players and the ratings in the table show the points to the players.

Bumrah number 1 bowler?

India’s fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah is currently at number one in the ICC Mains Test bowling rankings. Bumrah’s rating points are 901. At the same time, South African bowler Kagiso Rabada is with 851 rating points at the second position. Australian player Pat Cummins is at number three with 838 rating points in this list. This rating has been given to Bumrah, Rabada and Cummins in view of their performance. At the same time, these three bowlers have also contributed to their teams to win the match many times.

Jasprit Bumrah recently acquired 907 rating points in the ICC Test bowling rankings, which is the best rating obtained by a India bowler. Earlier this record was named after Ravichandran Ashwin. Ashwin has got the best rating in his Test career to 904 points. On December 18, 2024, Ashwin announced his retirement from all formats of cricket. At the same time, the player who retires from international cricket, the name of that player is also out of the ICC rankings.

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