He is playing his first tournament since suffering serious injuries in a car accident in December 2022 that kept him out of last year's IPL as well as the 50-overs World Cup in India
India's Ravindra Jadeja, who rose to the top on Aug 8, slipped to the second after the ICC ban, which left him out from the Pallekele Test against Sri Lanka.
India's Ravichandran Ashwin, English cricketers Moeen Ali and Ben Stokes have ranked third, fourth and fifth respectively, according to the latest ranking released on Tuesday.
Jadeja, however, topped the bowling rankings while Australia's Steve Smith for batting.