DUBAI – Pakistan’s all-format skipper Babar Azam on Wednesday jumped oneplace to reclaim third spot in the ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings.
Azamis currently ranked at number 1 and number 4 on ICC’s ODI and T20Irankings for batsman. He has now reclaimed the third spot with 879 pointsafter England’s Joe Root dropped to fourth place with 876 points.
The improvement in his ranking comes on the back of his knock againstEngland in the first Test match at the Rawalpindi stadium. He made 136 runsin the first innings but he could score only 4 off five balls in the secondinnings. Pakistan lost the match by 74 runs.
Azam will have a chance to further improve the rankings as Pakistan is setto face England again in the second Test match of the series, scheduled tobe played from December 9-13 in Multan.
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Meanwhile, Australia’s Marnus Lasbuschagne ranked as the ICC’s top TestBatter 935 points, followed by his team follow Steven Smith at number 2with 893 points.
