Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan has been rewarded for his record-breaking run in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026. Pakistan crashed out of Super 8 stage but Farhan climbed to his career-best no.2 spot in ICC T20I rankings for batters. He closed the gap on India's out-of-form opener Abhishek Sharma who has 874 rating points.
Major reshuffle in top 10
There were several other changes in the top 10. England's Phil Salt, Sri Lanka's Pathum Nissanka, India skipper Suryakumar Yadav, England wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler slipped one place each to no.3, no.5, no.7 and no.9 respectively. As a result, India's Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma and Dewald Brevis moved up to no.4, no.6 and no.8. Meanwhile, Zimbabwe opener Brian Bennett who had a sensational T20 World Cup campaign including an unbeaten 97, jumped six places to take the 11th spot.
Samson’s giant leap after innings of a lifetime
There have been several other changes but the most notable is Sanju Samson's rise. With an unbeaten 97 in record-breaking run chase against West Indies at Eden Gardens, he made a giant 25-place leap to take the 40th place in the rankings. Zimbabwe skipper Sikandar Raza also got to his career-best 43rd place.
Bumrah, Arshdeep rise, another major reshuffle in top 10
In the bowling rankings, India's mystery spinner, Varun Chakravarthy, loosened his grip over the top spot. Pakistan's Abrar Ahmed took the third spot, just below Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan after an impressive performance against Sri Lanka. South Africa's Corbin Bosch, England's Adil Rashid, slipped to fourth and fifth place. An in-form Jasprit Bumrah got to the seventh place, closing in on Australia's Adam Zampa. Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh is trying to break into top 10. He went up eight places to take the 13th spot.
Pandya rises
Hardik Pandya is moving up the ladder as well. Zimbabwe's Raza sits at top with 328 rating points. With Pakistan's Saim Ayub falling to no.3, Hardik Pandya took the second place. He is ranked second and has a lot of ground to cover and dethrone Raza.