ISLAMABAD – ICC reveals the latest Test Rankings, Pakistan’s Babar Azammakes a big surprise leap.
Pakistani run-machine, Babar Azam has earned big points in the ICC Testrankings following another unbeaten hundred in the second Test at Karachi.
The top-order batsman has moved to career-best number 6 in the rankings,becoming the only batsman to be ranked in single-digits across formats.Virat Kohli is also in the top 10 in all formats but not in single digits.——————————
The 25-year-old made 60 in the first innings and increased his hundredstally to 4 in the second innings in a historic win over Sri Lanka.
Here are the top 10 in ICC Test rankings:PosPlayerTeamRating1 Virat Kohli IND 9282 Steve Smith AUS 9113 Kane Williamson NZ 8644 Cheteshwar Pujara IND 7915 Marnus Labuschagne AUS 786*6* *Babar Azam* *PAK* *767*7 Ajinkya Rahane IND 7598 David Warner AUS 7559 Joe Root ENG 75210 Ross Taylor NZ 714
Ross Taylor has also entered the top 10, removing Sri Lankan captain,Dimuth Karunaratne from the list following his average outing againstPakistan.
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The next-best Pakistani batsman, Asad Shafiq, is at 20th place whereasAzhar Ali’s rank has improved to 26th. Shan Masood’s numbers have improvedas well, taking him to 41st place and Sarfaraz Ahmed, who was sacked fromcaptaincy is listed on the 45th rank. He was previously Pakistan’s 4thbest-ranked batsmen in test matches.——————————
Abid Ali, who has only played two Tests is only one spot behind HarisSohail’s 61st ranking.
In the bowlers’ rankings, Naseem Shah has entered the top 100; he’scurrently at 79th, Shaheen Afridi has jumped to 39th while Mohammad Abbasnow sits at 15th place, up from 19th. Yasir Shah is on the 22nd place onthe list.
