New Zealand fast bowler Jacob Duffy is the new No.1 T20I bowler, quickly rising to the top of the rankings with an impressive start to 2025.

New Zealand fast bowler Jacob Duffy is the new No.1 T20I bowler, quickly rising to the top of the rankings with an impressive start to 2025.

Jacob Duffy new No.1 T20I bowler

Duffy, who had a stop-start T20I career until his inclusion in the Sri Lanka series late last year, has been in sensational form since. He took eight wickets in three matches there, and followed it up with 13 wickets in the recent five-match T20I series against Pakistan.

He replaced West Indies' Akeal Hosein to the top spot, rising four places to reach the top of the rankings for the first time in any format. He is the first New Zealand bowler since Ish Sodhi in 2018 to occupy the top spot. Duffy has now taken 32 wickets in 23 T20Is at 16.09, with an economy of just under seven.

Elsewhere, Pakistan quick Haris Rauf fell five places in the T20I bowling rankings, to joint-20th. He soared up the ODI rankings though, moving up nine spots from 25th to 16th.

Seifert rises in batting rankings

Duffy's New Zealand teammate Tim Seifert also reached a career-best high after top-scoring in the T20Is against Pakistan, including a career-best 97* in a record-breaking chase.

Seifert broke into the top 10 that was otherwise unchanged, going five spots up and pushing Babar Azam one spot down, to No.9.

Latest ICC T20I rankings – full list

ICC T20I batting rankings

Rank Player Country Rating
1 Travis Head Australia 856
2 Abhishek Sharma India 829
3 Phil Salt England 815
4 Tilak Varma India 804
5 Suryakumar Yadav India 739

ICC T20I bowling rankings

Rank Player Country Rating
1 Jacob Duffy New Zealand 723
2 Akeal Hosein West Indies 707
3 Varun Chakaravarthy India 706
4 Adil Rashid England 705
5 Wanindu Hasaranga Sri Lanka 700

ICC T20I all-rounder rankings

Rank Player Country Rating
1 Hardik Pandya India 252
2 Dipendra Singh Airee Nepal 233
3 Marcus Stoinis Australia 210
4 Liam Livingstone England 209
5 Mohammad Nabi Afghanistan 207

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