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Indian opener Abhishek Sharma has become the number 1 batsman in the ICC T20 rankings. He left the Travis Head behind. Abhishek scored 135 runs against England. Varun Chakraborty, Bishnoi and Arshdeep are also in the top 10 in bowling.
Delhi: Indian opener Abhishek Sharma has created history by becoming the number 1 batsman in the latest ICC T20I rankings. He has secured this place by beating SRH’s partner and Australian star batsman Travis Head. Abhishek, who is running in excellent form, has now become the fourth Indian batsman to achieve this feat after Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav.
Abhishek’s tremendous performance after his debut
Abhishek, who made her debut in the Zimbabwe tour after the T20 World Cup 2024, scored a century in the next match after failing failure in the first match. He then batted brilliantly against South Africa and England.
The young batsman scored 135 runs from 54 balls against England in Wankhede. This is the biggest innings of any Indian in T20I. He also held a record of the fastest T20 I century.
Head slipped, Tilak Verma in Top 3
Travis Head has now reached second. Tilak Verma of India is at number three. T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav is sixth and Yashasvi Jaiswal is at number 11.
India also burnt in bowling
Jacob Dafi of New Zealand is ranked first in the ranking of T20I bowlers. Varun Chakraborty of India is third, Ravi Bishnoi seventh and Arshdeep Singh at number ten. Akshar Patel is ranked 14th.
Significantly, all these players including Abhishek will be seen playing for Team India in the Asia Cup starting on September 10. India’s first match will be with UAE.
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