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

The ICC batting rankings is in the fire of Indian batsmen. Except Test cricket, the world’s number-1 batsman is Indian in both other formats. Shubman Gill in ODIs and Abhishek Sharma in T20 are on top. Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are also in the list of top 5 batsmen in ODIs. Apart from Abhishek, another Indian top 5 is included in T20.

Root number-1 in ICC Test batting rankings

England batsman Joe Root is the world’s number-1 batsman in the ICC Test rankings. He has 908 ratings, at number two is England player, while the top 5 stars Yashasvi Jaiswal as the only Indian, who is at number five in the list.

Shubman Gill is the world’s number-1 ODI batsman

Indian Test team captain Shubman Gill is ranked first in ODI batting rankings. They have 784 rating points. Captain Rohit Sharma is at number two with 756 ratings. Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam is at number three, Virat Kohli is at number four. New Zealand’s explosive batsman Derryl Mitchell is ranked 5th.

Abhishek Sharma at the top of T20 batsmen

India’s opener Abhishek Sharma created his reign in T20 international cricket in a very short time. He made his T20 debut last year, in February this year, he played a historic innings of 135 runs against England. This is the biggest personal innings in this format by any Indian. He is currently the world’s number T20 batsman in the ICC rankings, who will boost his morale in the Asia Cup.

The second number in this list is also Indian batsman Tilak Verma, he is also an important part of the Asia Cup squad. Tilak plays at number three. He is second in the ranking of ICC T20 batsmen with 804 ratings. At number three in the list is Phil Salat of England, Jose Butler at number four. Till a few days ago, Travis Head, who lives at number-1, has reached number five. Abhishek Sharma had secured number-1 by removing the head.