India, March 11 -- Left-handers Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan occupy the first two positions in the ICC Men's T20I Batting Rankings in what is the first instance of an Indian batting pair making it a one-two in the format, with Kishan also eying the chance to become the fourth Indian to top the T20I batting rankings.

With just four points separating the two, Kishan is also in with a chance to emulate Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav and Sharma and become only the fourth Indian batter to go tops in the format.

The last two batters from the same team to have occupied the first two positions were Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan, in September 2022.

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