Dubai, July 30 -- Young Indian left-hand opener Abhishek Sharma on Wednesday become the third Indian batter to reach the No.1 spot in T20I rankings, joining elite company with Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav.

Abhishek Sharma now sits atop the rankings with 829 points, surpassing Australia's Travis Head (814 points) and his fellow Indian Tilak Varma (804 points), as per the ICC.

Abhishek has played 17 T20Is, scoring two hundreds and two fifties with a strike rate of 193.84. His consistent performances against South Africa and England propelled him to the top spot, displacing Travis Head, who hadn't played since September last year.

Other Indians in the top 10 include Tilak Varma at No. 3 and Suryakumar Yadav at No. 6, while Yashasvi Ja...