February 11 marked a landmark day in T20 cricket with ICC’s updated rankings spotlighting Indian prowess: Abhishek Sharma unmoved at batters’ No.1 and Varun Chakaravarthy reigning supreme among bowlers. Adding to the excitement, Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza has become the new all-rounders’ kingpin.
Sahibzada Farhan’s stunning rise to third in batting, fueled by his 73-run blitz versus USA, exemplifies how single innings can reshape careers. The full batters’ elite: Abhishek Sharma (1, India), Phil Salt (2, Eng), Sahibzada Farhan (3, Pak), Jos Buttler (4, Eng), Tilak Varma (5, Ind), Pathum Nissanka (6, SL), Suryakumar Yadav (7, Ind), Tim Seifert (8, NZ), Travis Head (9, Aus), Mitchell Marsh (10, Aus).
Bowling remains Varun’s domain, with Abrar Ahmed (2, Pak), Rashid Khan (3, Afg), Adil Rashid (4, Eng), Wanindu Hasaranga (5, SL), Jacob Duffy (6, NZ), Mohammad Nawaz (7, Pak), Mustafizur Rahman (8, Ban), Adam Zampa (9, Aus), Mujeeb Ur Rahman (10, Afg) trailing.
Raza’s all-rounders takeover sees him displace Saim Ayub (now 2, Pak), ahead of Hardik Pandya (3, Ind), Roston Chase (4, WI), Mohammad Nawaz (5, Pak), Dipendra Singh Airee (6, Nep), Romario Shepherd (7, WI), Azmatullah Omarzai (8, Afg), Mohammad Nabi (9, Afg), and Wanindu Hasaranga (10, SL).
This ranking refresh underscores T20’s unpredictability, rewarding versatility and recent heroics, and primes fans for riveting battles ahead in the global circuit.