*ISLAMABAD – Pakistan top order batsman Babar Azam maintained his grip atthe top of the ladder in the latest ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings onMonday.*

Azam, who piled up 151 runs in the T20I series against South Africafeaturing a classic knock of 90 runs in the series, was the number one T20Ibatsman, followed by New Zealand’s Colin Munro and Australia’s Aaron Finch.

Fellow mate Hussain Talat also gained 19 places to reach 56th positionafter aggregating 98 runs. Meanwhile, opener Fakhar Zaman drops a place tosixth slot.

Coming to Pakistani bowlers’ spinner Imad Wasim moved up five places tofourth position, whereas, leggie Shadab Khan dropped a place to third spotin bowlers ranking. Speedster Shaheen Afridi made major gains after hemoved up 28 places to a career-best 48th position among bowlers.

Pakistan remained the top ranked T20I side with 135 points, despite a 2-1series defeat at the hands of South Africa, which have overtaken Australiaand England to third place.