Pakistan duo, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan still remain the top two inthe latest ICC T20I rankings despite not playing T20I cricket since the endof last year. Both the batters have maintained their spots in T20I whileBabar has also maintained his top rank in the ODI format.
Pakistan’s explosive ODI opener, Fakhar Zaman has also maintained his spotas the number nine ranked ODI batter in the world as there were no changesto the top 10 in the 50-over format.
The majority of the changes in batter rankings took place in the Testformat. While Babar still maintained his ninth spot in Test batter rankingsand remained the only batter in the world to be ranked amongst the top 10in all three formats, other Pakistani batters made huge leaps aftermagnificent performances in the first Test match against Australia.
Veteran middle-order batter, Azhar Ali moved up 10 places to number 12after an exceptional century while Imam-ul-Haq broke into the top 100 forthe first time by scoring back-to-back centuries. He is now ranked 63 inthe world. His opening partner, Abdullah Shafique also climbed up as hescored an unbeaten century in the second innings. Abdullah moved up astaggering 27 places to 67.
Here are the updated batter rankings in all three formats:*ODIs**Ranking* *Player* *Rating Points**1* *Babar Azam* *873*2 Virat Kohli 8113 Rohit Sharma 7914 Quinton De Kock 7835 Aaron Finch 7796 Jonny Bairstow 7757 David Warner 7628 Rassie van der Dussen 750*9* *Fakhar Zaman* *741*10 Joe Root 740*T20Is**Ranking* *Player* *Rating Points**1* *Babar Azam* *805**2* *Mohammad Rizwan* *798*3 Aiden Markram 7964 Dawid Malan 7285 Devon Conway 7036 Aaron Finch 6797 Rassie van der Dussen 6698 Martin Guptill 6589 Pathum Nissanka 65410 KL Rahul 646*Test**Ranking* *Player* *Rating Points*1 Marnus Labuschagne 9362 Joe Root 8723 Steve Smith 8514 Kane Williamson 8445 Virat Kohli 7636 Rohit Sharma 7617 Travis Head 7538 Dimuth Karunaratne 745*9* *Babar Azam* *743*10 Rishabh Pant 723
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Pakistani batters in Tests:
*Ranking* *Player* *Rating Points*12 Azhar Ali 68418 Mohammad Rizwan 67120 Fawad Alam 64821 Abid Ali 63552 Faheem Ashraf 51761 Shan Masood 48163 Imam-ul-Haq 47767 Abdullah Shafique 47090 Haris Sohail 385link
