List of world's top 5 T20I batters ahead Asia Cup 2025 ft. Tilak Varma

After some multiple exciting test series, teams started to confront each other in the T20I format. Australia, South Africa, the West Indies, Bangladesh, and Pakistan are some of the notable nations to play T20Is in the recent past. The recent Twenty20 matches have influenced the latest updates of ICC T20I batters rankings. Because of the ongoing T20I series between Australia and South Africa, some of their players got the opportunity to improve their positions in the list. While some other players, who are not related to the T20I series involving these two nations, lose their spots. But there are some exceptions too. Since February 2025, India has not participated in a single T20I match; still, Abhishek Sharma, based on his last performances, remained on top of the points table, while Tilak Varma moved to 2nd place with 804 points. Through this article we'll derive the best 5 T20I batters with the help of recent points developments. 

List of 5 batters in T20Is:

Tilak Varma:

As the International Cricket Council (ICC) promoted the young batter to 2nd place of the tally, he should be in the list. Varma, 22 years old, played 25 matches for Team India and scored 749 runs to etch a brilliant average of 49.93, the second-best average of T20Is, with a highest individual score of an unbeaten 120. And he's among the top 5 T20I batters in the world to score hundreds in consecutive matches in the format.

Phil Salt:

Like Varma, Phil Salt also played his last T20I back in February this year but moved from 4th place to the 3rd spot of the ICC T20I rankings. In his last T20I match, which was against India, the opener scored an inspiring 55 runs at Wankhede. For England, the attacking batter played 43 T20Is to score a total of 1193 runs at an average of 34.08.

Tim David:

The big man from Australia has moved forward by 6 steps and moved into the top 10 of the ICC T20I Rankings for the batters. The all-rounder, who's mostly known for his power-hitting abilities, rescued team Australia multiple times from trouble. David mostly came to bat at number 5 or lower. Being a lower-order batter, he often got a very limited number of balls to prove himself. For Australia, the 29-year-old cricketer played brilliantly against Australia and the West Indies. Against Australia, he scored 83 and 50 in Darwin. And in a match against the West Indies, the batter scored a century as well. 

Cameroon Green:

Another cricketer from Australia who has made progress in the rankings. Moving up by 6 spots, Green is currently at number 17. The 26-year-old all-rounder played a pivotal role for the Australia cricket team during the series against the West Indies and against South Africa too. At Basseterre, against WI, he scored an unbeaten 55. In 20 T20Is for the Aussies, Green scored 512 runs at an average of 34.13. 

Dewald Brevis:

From outside the top 100 to 21st, the young South African batter has gained massively. That phenomenal 125-run innings from his blade helped South Africa to square the three-match series against the Aussies at 1-1. It was the highest T20I score by any South African men's batter and the highest ever against Australia in what was Brevis' ninth T20I appearance for his country.