ICC Men’s T20I Rankings, Abhishek Sharma: On Wednesday (04 March), ICC released the latest rankings, in which all eyes were on Indian batsman Abhishek Sharma. At the same time, Pakistan’s star batsman Sahibzada Farhan has got a big benefit. Apart from Abhishek, Ishan Kishan is the second batsman in the top-5 ranking.
Let us tell you that despite most of the flops in the T20 World Cup, there was not much difference in Abhishek’s ranking. He is already present at the first position. Apart from this, Pakistan’s star batsman Sahibzada Farhan has got a big advantage in the ranking.
batted in only one match
Abhishek Sharma, who was out on a duck in the first three matches, has so far played in only one match in the tournament. Abhishek had played an inning of 55 runs in the Super-8 match against Zimbabwe. Apart from this, he scored 15 and 10 runs in the remaining two matches of Super-8. After this performance, Abhishek is at number one. His rating is 874.
Sahibzada Farhan’s ranking changed
Sahibzada Farhan, who performed well in the T20 World Cup, has moved up one place in the rankings. The rating of the Pakistani batsman at number two is 848.
Batsman in top-5
If we look at the top-5 batsmen present in the ranking, Abhishek Sharma is at the first position. Apart from this, Sahibzada Farhan is at number two. Phil Salt of England is at number three, whose rating is 803. In the list, Indian wicketkeeper batsman Ishan Kishan is at fourth place with 783 ratings. Then at fifth position is Pathum Nissanka of Sri Lanka, whose rating is 766.
If we look further in the ratings, Tilak Verma is at sixth position with 749 ratings. After this, India’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav is at number seven. Surya’s rating is 739. Dewald Brewis of South Africa is at number eight. Brevis’s ranking is 737. Moving ahead in the list, England’s Jos Buttler is at ninth position with 716 ratings. New Zealand’s Team Seifert is at tenth position with 712 ratings.
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