New Delhi: India's opening batsman Abhishek Sharma, who created a stir with the bat in the third T20 match against New Zealand, has got a big reward for his brilliant performance. Abhishek Sharma has once again become the world's number-1 T20 batsman in the latest ICC T20 rankings. He has achieved the top position leaving behind his own teammate Ishan Kishan.
At the same time, Marco Jansen of South Africa has taken a big leap in the rankings of Test cricket. After his brilliant performance in the second Test against Australia, Jansen has become the world's number-1 player in Test bowling and all-rounder rankings for the first time.
Century in 35 balls, Abhishek again won the crown
In the third match of the series against New Zealand in Wellington, Abhishek Sharma batted explosively and completed his century in just 35 balls. He played a stormy innings of 113 runs in a total of 38 balls.
Thanks to this inning of Abhishek, India defeated New Zealand by 6 wickets and won the series. After this brilliant performance, Abhishek again reached number-1 in the T20 batting rankings, leaving behind Ishan Kishan.
Earlier in July, Ishan Kishan had snatched the top spot from Abhishek after his brilliant performance against Ireland. Abhishek became number-1 in the T20 International batting rankings for the first time in July 2025 by defeating Australia's Travis Head.
Jansen snatched the number 1 chair from Jadeja
South Africa's fast bowling all-rounder Marco Jansen has created history in the Test rankings. His brilliant performance in the second Test against Australia at Gkeberha took him to the top of both the Test bowling and all-rounder rankings.
Jansen scored 85 runs with 5 wickets in Australia's first innings. His performance played an important role in South Africa's victory.
The 26-year-old Jansen has jumped 13 places to 56th in the Test batting rankings. He moved up five places in the Test bowling rankings to become number-1, leaving Australia's Mitchell Starc behind.
At the same time, Jansen also moved up one place in the Test all-rounder rankings and reached the top by defeating Ravindra Jadeja.
Jadeja remained at number-1 in the rankings of Test all-rounders for more than four years. Amidst this achievement of Jansen, the recent statement of former South African fast bowler Dale Steyn is also in discussion, in which he described Jansen as 'the best cricketer in the world'.
Bavuma also has a big advantage in ranking
South Africa captain Temba Bavuma, who performed brilliantly in the second Test against Australia, has also gained in the rankings. After being selected as the Player of the Match, Bavuma has moved up four places to number two in the Test batting rankings.
He had scored 179 runs in the first innings of the Test. On the basis of his brilliant innings, South Africa won the second test and leveled the three-match series at 1-1.
Now only England's Harry Brook is ahead of Bavuma in the Test batting rankings.
Samson and Arshdeep also benefit
Some other Indian players have also benefited in T20 rankings. Sanju Samson has jumped six places to reach number 20 in the T20 batting rankings.
New Zealand's Finn Allen has also moved up three places to 25th position.
In the T20 bowling rankings, New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner has moved up seven places to seventh place. Meanwhile, Indian fast bowler Arshdeep Singh has moved up six places to 15th position.
Big change in ODI ranking also
The ongoing tri-series between Pakistan, England and Sri Lanka has also affected the ODI rankings. England's Ben Duckett and Harry Brook have gained in the ODI batting rankings.
In the ODI bowling rankings, Pakistan's fast bowler Shaheen Afridi has climbed two places to reach sixth position.
Azmatullah Omarzai of Afghanistan has achieved seventh position by making a big jump of 13 places. Whereas Namibia's spinner Bernard Scholtz has moved up nine places to number eight.
Afghanistan's experienced player Mohammad Nabi has also gained in the ODI all-rounder rankings. He has climbed five places to reach third place.
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