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Abhishek Sharma regains top T20I batting rank as Marco Jansen tops Test lists
India opener Abhishek Sharma regained the top spot among T20I batters after scoring 113 against New Zealand.
He has 897 rating points, ahead of Pakistan's Sahibzada Farhan on 883, while teammate Ishan Kishan fell to third.
South Africa's Marco Jansen rose to No.
1 among Test bowlers and all-rounders after strong performances against Australia.
In the second Test at Gqeberha, he scored 85 and took five wickets for 33 runs as South Africa won by an innings to level the series.
Jansen ended Ravindra Jadeja's more than four-year run as the leading Test all-rounder, while he also displaced Mitchell Starc at the top of the bowling rankings.
South Africa captain Temba Bavuma also climbed to second among Test batters after scoring 179 in that match.
The updated rankings reflect recent performances across the New Zealand T20I series and the South Africa-Australia Tests; no further ranking changes are described.
Marco Jansen became the top-ranked bowler in the ICC men's Test rankings, displacing Mitchell Starc after South Africa's second Test against Australia.
Jansen also moved to the top of the Test all-rounder rankings, ending Ravindra Jadeja's four-year reign.
Abhishek Sharma retook the lead in the ICC men's T20I batting rankings, according to ESPNcricinfo.
Jansen took five wickets for 33 runs in Australia's first innings and scored 85 runs in South Africa's innings.
Temba Bavuma rose to second in the Test batting rankings after scoring 179 in the match.
- Who
- Marco Jansen became the top-ranked Test bowler; Abhishek Sharma retook the T20I batting lead.
- What
- The ICC updated its men's rankings. Jansen also became the top-ranked Test all-rounder.
- When
- October 28, 2026, when the ranking updates were reported.
- Where
- Gqeberha, where Jansen's performance in the second Test against Australia helped South Africa level the series.
- Why
- Jansen's performance in the second Test lifted him to the top of the Test bowling and all-rounder rankings.
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Jansen scored 85 and took 5-33 in South Africa's second Test against Australia at Gqeberha.
The latest ICC rankings placed Jansen first among Test bowlers and all-rounders.
Abhishek Sharma retook the top spot in the T20I batting rankings.
- Test bowling
- Marco Jansen: 876 rating points; Mitchell Starc: 861.
- Test all-rounders
- Marco Jansen: 451 rating points; Ravindra Jadeja: 422.
- Second Test
- Jansen scored 85 off 100 deliveries and took 5-33 in the first innings.
- Test batting
- Temba Bavuma rose to second with 818 rating points after scoring 179.
- T20I batting
- Abhishek Sharma retook the lead; rating figures are not stated.