Opening batter Babar Azam made a significant jump in the latest ICC T20I rankings, while white-ball captain Mohammad Rizwan and left-arm pacer Shaheen Afridi experienced major declines.
Babar, who now sits in sixth place, has surpassed Rizwan, who drops two spots to eighth with 704 rating points in the latest ICC T20I batter rankings.
Australia's Travis Head continues to dominate as the number-one T20I batter with 855 rating points, followed by England’s Phil Salt in second place and India’s Tilak Varma in third.
In the bowling rankings, Shaheen Afridi drops one place from 20th to 21st, with 599 rating points. Haris Rauf also drops three places, slipping to 26th with 573 rating points.
Young pacer Abbas Afridi moves up two places from 43rd to 41st with 526 rating points.
Shadab Khan also experienced a significant drop, falling six places to 71st position with 444 rating points.
West Indies’ Akeal Hosein dethrones England's Adil Rashid as the number-one T20I bowler. Rashid now occupies the second spot, with Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga in third.
Shifting focus to the ICC ODI rankings, both Saim Ayub and Abdullah Shafique experienced decline in their positions.
Saim, despite scoring a century against South Africa in the first ODI, dropped one spot to 80th with 470 points. Abdullah Shafique, struggling with the bat, slipped to 77th with 472 points.
Meanwhile, players such as Fakhar Zaman (16th), Imam-ul-Haq (18th) and Mohammad Rizwan (24th) have maintained their rankings.
Babar Azam continues to dominate as the number-one ODI batter, with India's Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill occupying the second and third positions, respectively.
In the ODI bowling rankings, Haris Rauf retained his 15th spot, while Mohammad Wasim Jr. is at 52nd, Naseem Shah at 61st and Mohammad Nawaz at 67th.
Meanwhile, in the Test batting rankings, Babar Azam made progress, moving up one place to 17th with 670 rating points.
Salman Ali Agha and Mohammad Rizwan retained their positions at 19th and 20th, respectively.
Imam-ul-Haq was promoted to 42nd, while Abdullah Shafique dropped to 48th. Shan Masood also showed slight improvement, moving up to 57th.
In the Test bowling department, Pakistan’s Noman Ali retained his 10th spot, while Shaheen Afridi remained in 19th.
Hasan Ali and Sajid Khan both experienced drops, sitting at 38th and 40th, respectively.
Naseem Shah also dropped to 42nd, while Abrar Ahmed climbed to 58th and Khurram Shehzad moved up to 60th.
India’s Jasprit Bumrah continues to lead the Test bowler rankings, followed by South Africa's Kagiso Rabada and Australia's Josh Hazlewood.
- Babar Azam
- Shaheen Afridi
- Mohammad Rizwan
- Salman Ali Agha
