Varun Chakravarthy created history, the world’s number-1 T20I bowler, Abhishek Sharma continues
Samira Vishwas September 17, 2025 07:24 PM

Varun Chakaravarthy No.1 T20 Bowler : Indian spinner Varun chakravarti Has created history in the ICC T20I bowling rankings. Chakraborty, 34, has become the number-1 bowler in the world. He is only the third Indian bowler to reach this point. Before him, Jasprit Bumrah and Ravi Bishnoi had achieved the number-1 rankings.

This journey of Chakravarti is the result of a strong performance. He took the second five wicket hall of his career against England earlier this year. There itself Asia Cup 2025 His bowling shone in me. While performing brilliantly against UAE and 1/24 against Pakistan, he jumped three places and got the top position ..

Big changes in bowling rankings

  • Jacob Dafi of New Zealand has reached second.
  • Akil Hosain of West Indies stands third.
  • Adam Zampa of Australia has climbed number four.
  • Nuwan Tushara of Sri Lanka jumped six places to finish sixth.
  • Pakistan’s Sfian Mukim and Abrar Ahmed reached the 11th and 16th positions respectively.
  • Kuldeep Yadav of India also secured the 23rd position, making a big jump of 16 places.

Abhishek sharma retained at number-1 in batting rankings

Not only bowling, Indian players have also flagged off in batting rankings. Young batsman Abhishek Sharma achieved a new place by playing 31 runs against Pakistan and for the first time reached number-1 in T20I batting rankings. Phil Soult and Jose Butler of England are second and third respectively.

In other changes

  • Nishanka, Pathum of Sri Lanka, reached the sixth place.
  • Dewald Brevis of South Africa ranked 11th, while Eden Markram reached 30th position.
  • Rahmanullah Gurbaz of Afghanistan climbed up to 19th place.
  • Bangladesh’s Tanjid Hasan reached 35th and Shubman Gill of India at number 39.

India also dominated all -rounders

India’s Hardik Pandya remains on top in the list of all -rounders. Sam Ayub of Pakistan has reached fifth place, while Abhishek Sharma has also gained 14th position by jumping four places.

Overall, the Asia Cup 2025 has changed the entire equation of the ICC T20I rankings. In this, the dominance of the players of India is clearly visible.

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