Pakistan team improved their rankings ahead of the T20 World Cup 2024, which begins on June 1 in the United States and West Indies.
Pakistan team is now ranked sixth in T20Is after moving up one place courtesy West Indies’ series win against South Africa recently.
“Two-time champions West Indies have moved up to fourth position in the ICC Men’s T20I Team Rankings, their players showing some great form ahead of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, which they co-host from 1-29 June,” the ICC said in a press release.
“The winners of the 2012 and 2016 editions of the tournament are ahead of New Zealand and South Africa after their 3-0 win over South Africa, who were pushed down to seventh position in the list led by India.
“India, winners of the inaugural edition in 2007, are on 264 rating points, 2021 champions Australia are second with 257 points, defending champions England third with 254 points and the West Indies two points behind them on 252. New Zealand are on 250 while Pakistan and South Africa are both on 244 points with Pakistan slightly ahead on decimal points.”
In the players’ rankings, left-hander Fakhar Zaman has risen six spots to 51th on the batting list. Meanwhile, Shaheen Afridi rises three spots to joint 11th on the bowling chart.
In the all-rounders rankings, Imad Wasim has jumped four spots to 12th. Imad and Shadab Khan are joint 12th in all-rounders rankings with the latter falling one spot.
Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam stay at third and fourth place, respectively, in the T20I batting rankings.
The bowling list in T20Is is topped by England's Adil Rashid followed by Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga and India's Axar Patel in second and third places, respectively.
Meanwhile, India's Suryakumar Yadav is ranked as the number one T20 batter followed by England's Phil Salt in second place.
The all-rounder category is topped by Sri Lanka's Hasaranga with a rating of 228 followed by Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan who fell one place and is ranked second.
