DUBAI: Pakistan all-format captain Babar Azam has dropped one spot in the latest ICC T20I batting rankings after he missed the recently-held three T20Is against Afghanistan.
Babar had been rested for the away series against Afghanistan in Sharjah and as a result, he lost his place in the top three on the T20I batters’ list.
According to International Cricket Council’s latest ranking updates, New Zealand’s Devon Conway displaced Babar from the third position as the latter slipped one spot to fourth overall.
However, the New Zealand opener maintains a meagre 13 points lead over Babar, as he sits third on 768 points in the rankings.
Meanwhile, India’s Suryakumar Yadav and Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan retain first and second positions on the list, respectively.
On the other hand, Pakistan’s stand-in skipper Shadab Khan was duly rewarded for his impressive bowling in the three games against Afghanistan. He jumped eight places to fourth on the T20I all-rounder rankings and improved six spots to 12th overall on the list for bowlers.
It may be noted here Pakistan lost the three-T20I series by 2-1 against Afghanistan in the absence of experienced players from the squad. It was the first time Afghanistan had beaten the Green Shirts in a bilateral series.
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DUBAI: Pakistan’s all-format captain Babar Azam has slipped to the third spot in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s Test Batting Rankings.
As per the latest rankings shared by the ICC, the right-handed batter has been demoted to third place as he failed in two innings of the ongoing home Test series against New Zealand.
Notably, Babar played a magnificent 161-run knock in the first innings of the first Test against New Zealand but he could score a mere 14 in the second.
The captain then remained unlucky in the first innings of the ongoing second Test and could score 24 runs following a mix-up between the wicket with opening batter Imam-ul-Haq.
His recent performance, henceforth, resulted in Australia’s Steve Smith replacing him in the rankings.
It is apropos to mention that after accumulating 348 runs in the home series against England, Babar moved to his career-best second position in the Test batting rankings.
Besides Babar, opening batter Abdullah Shafique, who is going through a rough patch also slipped in the rankings as he was demoted 11 spots, moving to 37th rank.
Meanwhile, Australian batter Marnus Labuschagne continued his domination on the Test batting rankings as he managed to hold on to his top spot while his skipper Pat Cummins held the top spot in Test bowling rankings.
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DUBAI: Following his sensational run in the ongoing home series against Australia, Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam has claimed the fifth position in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC)’s Test batters’ rankings, here on Wednesday.
Babar, who has been enjoying a successful series with the bat so far has been rewarded by the ICC as the right-handed batter has grabbed the fifth spot in the recently updated Test batters’ ranking.
Following his sensational 196-run knock against Australia in the Karachi Test, the right-handed batter has moved three places to grab the fifth slot.
Taking to Twitter, ICC shared the updated players’ rankings.
It is pertinent to mention here that Babar still holds the top position in the ODI and T20I batters’ rankings with 873 and 805 ratings respectively.
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