Team India’s star opener Abhishek Sharma is in the headlines these days. After scoring a century in the last T20 against England, he has now made a big splash in the latest ICC T20 rankings.
Abhishek has reached the second position in the batter’s ranking released on Wednesday. He has jumped 38 places. Abhishek Sharma played the best innings of his international T20 career against England in Mumbai on Sunday. He scored 135 runs in 54 balls, which included 13 sixes and 7 fours.
In the latest T20 batting rankings list released by ICC, there are three Indian batters in the top 5. Varun Chakaravarthy is jointly in second place in bowling.
Top 5 batters in T20 rankings
| Rank | Batters | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travis Head | 855 |
| 2 | Abhishek Sharma | 829 |
| 3 | Tilak Verma | 803 |
| 4 | Phil Salt | 798 |
| 5 | Suryakumar Yadav | 738 |
Abhishek Sharma’s T20 career
Abhishek Sharma has played 17 T20 matches for India so far. In which he has 2 fifties and 2 centuries to his name. He has scored 535 runs at an average of 33.44.
