South africans ryan rickelton

South Africans Ryan Rickelton: Abhishek Sharma's position as the top T20I batter has weakened as Pakistan's Sahibzada Farhan advanced in the latest ICC Men's T20I Player rankings, inching closer to the top spot. However, Ishan Kishan has jumped another spot to rise to fourth place.

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. This performance helped him climb one spot in the T20I batting rankings to second position, reaching a new career-high rating in the latest update.

Abhishek now leads Farhan by 26 points at the top of the batter rankings. The Pakistan opener moved ahead of England's Phil Salt and narrowed the gap with his Indian counterpart after scoring a total of 383 runs at the T20 World Cup.