The Indian cricket team defeated New Zealand by 46 runs in the fifth T20 played on Saturday. While Ishan Kishan scored a century, Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav also played stormy innings, with the help of which India was able to score a big score of 271 runs. New Zealand batted well, but the team collapsed for 225 runs. India won the 5-match T20 series 4-1. Know who are the top-10 players in all three categories of the ICC T20 rankings. How many Indians are there among them?

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ICC updates its rankings every Wednesday. Before the T20 World Cup 2026, ICC will update the rankings on 4 February. Currently, 2 Indian players are at number 1 in the ranking. Abhishek Sharma is at number-1 in the T20 batting rankings. The second player is Varun Chakravarthy, who is ranked number-1 in the ICC T20 bowling rankings.

ICC T20 Batting Ranking (Top-10)

1. Abhishek Sharma (India)
2. Phil Salt (England)
3. Tilak Verma (India)
4. Jos Buttler (England)
5. Sahibzada Farhan (Pakistan)
6. Pathum Nissanka (Sri Lanka)
7. Suryakumar Yadav (India)
8. Travis Head (Australia)
9. Mitchell Marsh (Australia)
10. Tim Seifert (New Zealand)

There are 3 Indian players in the top-10 of the ICC T20 batting rankings. Abhishek Sharma is on first, Tilak Verma is on third and Suryakumar Yadav is on 7th. Suryakumar also played an explosive half-century in the fifth T20 against New Zealand, after which he can jump in the rankings to be updated on Wednesday. Ishan Kishan is currently at 64th position, but the way he has scored a century, he can move up a lot.

ICC T20 Bowling Ranking (Top-10)

1. Varun Chakraborty (India)
2. Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)
3. Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka)
4. Jacob Duffy (New Zealand)
5. Abrar Ahmed (Pakistan)
6. Adil Rashid (England)
7. Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh)
8. Nathan Ellis (Australia)
9. Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afghanistan)
10. Adam Zampa (Australia)

ICC T20 Allrounder Ranking (Top-10)

1. Sikandar Raza (Zimbabwe)
2. Sam Ayub (Pakistan)
3. Hardik Pandya (India)
4. Roston Chase (West Indies)
5. Mohammad Nawaz (Pakistan)
6. Deependra Singh Airi (Nepal)
7. Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan)
8. Romario Shepherd (West Indies)
9. Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan)
10. Wanindu Hasaranga (Sri Lanka)

The only Indian in the top-10 of the ICC T20 all-rounder rankings is Hardik Pandya, who is currently at third position. He scored the last 42 runs against New Zealand. He also took 2 wickets in the third T20. It remains to be seen whether he would have come second in the ICC rankings or not.

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

Varun Chakraborty has become the number-1 bowler in the world in the latest rankings released by the International Cricket Council. He has jumped from the fourth place and secured the first place directly. The Indian team already remains the world’s number-1 T20 team (India Team Ranking in T20). Jasprit Bumrah, one of the top bowlers in the world, is also not in the top-10 of the T20 bowling rankings. See here who are the top-5 Indian bowlers in T20.

Varun Chakraborty became number-1

Varun Chakraborty was the first fourth place in the T20 bowlers rankings. He has secured the first place by jumping three places and his reding point is 733. Chakraborty has so far played both matches for India in the Asia Cup 2025. He took 1 wicket for just four runs in 2 overs against UAE. At the same time, against Pakistan, he took one wicket for 24 runs in 4 overs.

Top-5 Indian bowlers in T20

Varun Chakraborty is not only India but the top T20 bowler in the world. Ravi Bishnoi is second in the list of Indians, who slipped two places and moved to number eight. Akshar Patel is ranked 12th with the advantage of one place. Arshdeep Singh has suffered the loss of not playing a single match in the Asia Cup so far. He has come out of the top-10 and has come to 14th position. Kuldeep Yadav has jumped 16 places, due to which he has come at number 23 in the bowlers’ rankings.

• Varun Chakraborty – 1
• Ravi Bishnoi – 8
• Akshar Patel – 12
• Arshdeep Singh – 14
• Kuldeep Yadav – 23

Kuldeep Yadav has gained tremendous benefit in the T20 rankings due to a bang in the Asia Cup. He has taken seven wickets in 2 matches so far and is also India’s top wicket in the tournament.

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