By Ravi - Feb 05, 2025 03:49 PM
Indian batsman Abhishek Sharma played a brilliant innings in the fifth T20 match played against England at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium and scored 135 runs in 54 balls with the help of 7 fours and 13 sixes. After this innings, Abhishek has gained a lot in the ICC T20 rankings. He has jumped 38 places to reach the second position.
| Rank | Team | Player | Rating Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | Travis Head | 855 |
| 2 | India | Abhishek Sharma | 829 |
| 3 | India | Tilak Varma | 803 |
| 4 | England | Phil Salt | 798 |
| 5 | India | Suryakumar Yadav | 738 |
| 6 | England | Jos Buttler | 729 |
| 7 | Pakistan | Babar Azam | 712 |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | Pathum Nissanka | 707 |
| 9 | Pakistan | Mohammad Rizwan | 704 |
| 10 | Sri Lanka | Kusal Perera | 675 |
Earlier, Abhishek was at 40th position in the ICC T20 rankings, but now after playing a brilliant innings against England, he has come to the second position in the rankings. Abhishek has achieved a rating of 829. Australia's star batsman Travis Head is at the top of the rankings. Head's rating is 855.
Indian batsman Tilak Verma has slipped to third place in the rankings. Tilak has gone down one place. His rating is 803. Then England's Phil Salt is fourth and India's T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav is fifth. Salt's rating is 798 and Surya's is 738.
Abhishek scored the second fastest half-century and century for India in T20 International through the innings played against England in Mumbai. He completed his half-century in 17 balls and century in 37 balls. In the match, Abhishek did wonders with the ball as well as the bat. He also took 2 wickets in 1 over.
Abhishek Sharma is playing only T20 International matches for India. Abhishek made his international debut in July 2024 through a match played against Zimbabwe. He has played 17 T20 International matches so far. Batting in 16 innings of these matches, he has scored 535 runs at an average of 33.43 and a strike rate of 193.84, in which his highest score has been 135 runs.
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