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ICC Rankings: Ishan Kishan created history, became the world’s number 1 T20 batsman, Abhishek Sharma slipped to second place, Bumrah dominated in Tests.
Samira Vishwas | July 2, 2026 4:24 AM CST

The Indian cricket team’s tremendous dominance has been seen in the latest weekly rankings released by the International Cricket Council. Team India’s brilliant wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan has achieved a historic milestone in his T20 international career. Ishan Kishan has become the world’s number-1 T20 batsman for the first time, leaving behind his teammate and stormy batsman Abhishek Sharma. Ishaan achieved this top position in the ratings released after the recent T20 series against Ireland.

Difference of only 7 rating points, entry in Virat-Surya club

According to the latest ranking, Ishan Kishan has occupied the first position with 876 rating points. At the same time, Abhishek Sharma, who was ruling the number-1 position for the last 11 months, has now slipped to second place with 869 rating points. There is a difference of only 7 points between the two Indian batsmen. With this, Ishan Kishan has become the fourth male batsman from India to become number-1 in the ICC T20 batting rankings. Before him, only Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav and Abhishek Sharma himself could achieve this special position. Ishaan’s brilliant innings played against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup have contributed a lot to this success.

Big reshuffle in test ranking too, Bumrah becomes number-1 again

In the latest update, there has been a big upheaval not only in T20 but also in Test cricket. In the ICC Test rankings for bowlers, India’s star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has once again won the crown of world number-1 Test bowler. Bumrah got the benefit of New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry not being able to play the match due to injury, due to which he again reached the top.

If we talk about Test batting, Australia’s Travis Head has become the new number-1 Test batsman in the world. Due to the poor form of England’s Joe Root and Harry Brook, Head got a big advantage and reached the first position. Indian Test captain Shubman Gill has also moved up one place to sixth position. It is clear from these ranking figures that Indian players are making waves in both the major formats of cricket.

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