The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released the rankings of players for ODI and Test on Wednesday afternoon. There has been a historic reshuffle in the latest ICC rankings. New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell has now become the world’s number-1 batsman in ODI cricket. This is historic because after 46 years a New Zealand batsman has become number-1. Earlier, Rohit Sharma of India was the number-1 batsman, but Mitchell has snatched the crown from the hitman. However, Jasprit Bumrah remains number-1 in the ranking of bowlers in Tests.

New Zealand’s batsman becomes number 1 in ODI after 46 years

Daryl Mitchell scored 119 runs in the first ODI against West Indies on 16 November. However, due to a back injury, he is out of the remaining matches of the series. Daryl Mitchell has become the first New Zealand batsman since Glenn Turner in 1979 to top the men’s ODI batting rankings.

Pakistan’s Babar Azam has reached sixth position after playing an inning of 102 runs against Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi. Whereas Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman are at 22nd and 26th position respectively after scoring two half-centuries in the series.

Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan number-1 among bowlers

Rashid Khan of Afghanistan is at number-1 in the ranking of bowlers in ODI. In the list of ODI bowlers, Pakistani leg spinner Abrar Ahmed has jumped 11 places to reach 9th position. Abrar took 3 wickets for 41 runs in the second ODI against Sri Lanka. Pakistani fast bowler Haris Rauf has jumped 5 places. He is at 23rd position. Apart from him, Jayden Seals of West Indies has climbed three places to 20th position. Roston Chase has gained 12 places. He is currently at 46th position.

Jasprit Bumrah number-1 in test

If we look at the Test rankings, Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, who took a total of 6 wickets against South Africa, has retained the top position. Whereas Kuldeep Yadav has moved up two places to reach career best 13th position. Ravindra Jadeja has moved up four places to reach 15th position. South African off-spinner Simon Harmer, who took 8 wickets at Eden Gardens, has moved up 20 places to a career-best 24th position.

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.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has released the latest ranking of batsmen and bowlers in ODIs. India’s star batsman Shubman Gill holds number one in the batsmen rankings. On the other hand, ODI captain Rohit Sharma is at number two. Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam is third and Virat Kohli of India is at number four. Among the bowlers are Keshav Maharaj of South Africa and Mahish Tuakhan of Sri Lanka are jointly number-1. Both have 641 rating points. However, Keshav Maharaj’s name is first in the top-10 list.

No Australian batsman in the top-10

After the recent ODI series played between Australia and South Africa, the ICC has released ODI rankings. Deril Mitchell of New Zealand is at number five in the batsmen rankings. Not a single Australian batsman is in the top-10 in the latest ranking. Travis Head is at number 11.

Shubman Gill is at number one with 784 rating points. Rohit Sharma is second with 756 rating points. Babar Azam of Pakistan is included in the top three with 739 rating points. At the same time, King Kohli has 736 points. In recent months, the Indian team has not participated in the ODIs, but in the latest ODI rankings of the bowlers, Kuldeep Yadav (650) and Ravindra Jadeja (616) are still at number three and ninth respectively.

Rohit and Kohli have retired from T20 and Test cricket, but both of them will continue to play further in ODIs. Both Rohit and Kohli last played an ODI match during the ICC Champions Trophy in the United Arab Emirates in February 2025, in which they played an important role in India’s title campaign.

Cameron Green jumped 40 places

Australia scored a huge score of 431 runs for two wickets in the third and final ODI played against South Africa, with three batsmen Travis Head (142), Mitchell Marsh (100) and Cameron Green (118 not out) scored centuries. These three have benefited a lot in the ranking due to this performance. Head reached 11th position with a reform of a notch, Marsh jumped at 44th position with a jump of four places and Green to 78th with a jump of 40 places. His partner of the Australian team Josh Ilygis has also made it to the list. This right -handed batsman has reached 64th position with a reform of 23 places.

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.