Dubai, July 30 -- Abhishek Sharma joins Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav and becomes just the third Indian player to hold the No.1 spot on the ICC rankings for T20I batters as Australia's Travis Head relinquished the premier position for the first time in more than a year.
Abhishek only burst onto the international scene last year when he scored a superb T20I century against Zimbabwe, but more recent efforts against South Africa and England have seen the 24-year-old overtake Head at the top of the batter rankings and become the new No.1 in the shortest format.
Head had held the No.1 ranking since he went past Suryakumar during the ICC Men's T20 World Cup last year, but the decision to sit out Australia's recent T20 series against the West...