India have retained the top position in the latest ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings after the annual update, with Suryakumar Yadav’s side leading England and Australia while continuing their dominant run in the shortest format.
Farhan made history as the first player to score two centuries in a single ICC Men's T20 World Cup, achieving a superb hundred against Sri Lanka in Pallekele.
Abhishek endured a difficult start to the tournament, beginning with a golden duck against the USA.
The left-hander amassed 207 runs in three matches, highlighted by his maiden T20I century, to move up to 32nd position in the rankings released ahead of the upcoming T20 World Cup, which begins on February 7.
After enduring a lean patch in the shortest format, Suryakumar rediscovered his touch with a decisive 82 in the second T20I, a knock that ended his 468-day wait for a T20I fifty.
The 37-year-old has been in sublime form since the ODI series in Australia, registering scores of 74 not out, 135, 102, 65 not out and 93 in his last five matches.
Stars from South Africa and Ireland made gains on the latest ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings.
Kohli, who dominated the ODI rankings for more than three years through the late 2010s, last held the top spot in April 2021 before Pakistan’s Babar Azam overtook him.
India’s star quick Jasprit Bumrah’s unrelenting display in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar series yielded him nine wickets in the Boxing Day Test against Australia, and helped him consolidate his lead as the No. 1 Test bowler in the recent rankings update.
It is Pandya’s second time at the top of this list this year, the first time following India’s T20 World Cup victory in the USA and West Indies.
