Abhishek Sharma has retained his place as the number one batsman in the ICC Rankings in T20Is. He reached the number one place in July this year and dethroned Travis Head for that position. Abhishek is only the third Indian batter after Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav to become the number one T20I batter.
Abhishek is far away from Suryakumar and Virat in terms of rating points. Suryakumar has achieved the highest rating by an Indian batter when he reached 912 rating points in 2023. Virat was the first Indian batter to breach the 900 rating points, and he did this in 2014.
Abhishek currently has 829 rating points to his name. He made his T20I debut in 2024 against Zimbabwe just after the T20 World Cup concluded. He was dismissed for a duck in his debut game and went on to score a century in the next one. No Indian batter has made more runs than Abhishek since his debut. He has scored 535 runs in 17 matches at an average of 33.43 and a strike rate of 193.84. He has scored two centuries and two half-centuries in T20Is so far.
Here is the current ICC Rankings for batsmen in T20Is:
| Position | Team | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | Abhishek Sharma | 829 |
| 2 | India | Tilak Varma | 804 |
| 3 | England | Phil Salt | 791 |
| 4 | Australia | Travis Head | 782 |
| 5 | England | Jos Buttler | 772 |
| 6 | India | Suryakumar Yadav | 739 |
| 7 | Sri Lanka | Pathum Nissanka | 736 |
| 8 | New Zealand | Tim Seifert | 725 |
| 9 | Australia | Josh Inglis | 690 |
| 10 | Australia | Tim David | 680 |
Where Does Abhishek Sharma Rank Among The Openers For India?
Although Abhishek is still very early in his career; however, he has already done a lot as an opener for the Indian team. As an opener, he has made 511 runs in 14 innings. He has a strike rate of 199.60 as an opener. He has the best strike rate among all the players who have opened the innings for India so far.
Abhishek has been in his best form in T20Is in the last few years. His meteoric rise started in the IPL last year. He made 484 runs in 16 matches in IPL last year at an average of 32.26 and a strike rate of 204.21. Among the openers who have scored more than 1000 runs in IPL, Abhishek has the third-best strike rate. The other two players above Abhishek are Phil Salt and Sunil Narine.
Abhishek has made 1491 runs in 52 matches as an opener in the IPL at an average of 29.82 and a strike rate of 165.66. In this year’s IPL, Abhishek made 439 runs in 14 games at an average of 33.76 and a strike rate of 193.39. In a match against the Punjab Kings, Abhishek made 141 runs off 55 deliveries. It was the third-highest individual score in the IPL. Also, it was the highest score by an Indian batter. Among the openers who scored a century in a game in the IPL, Abhishek had the third-highest strike rate during that innings.
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