DUBAI –Pakistan on Friday got the second position in ICC T20 Rankings,pushing India to third slot.
According to the latest ranking, following their victory againstAfghanistan by 5 wickets, Pakistan are ranked second after England.
Before the start of the ICC tournament, Pakistan were five points behindIndia. Three consecutive wins have earned the Green Shirts crucial rankingpoints.
The Men in Green are now ranked second with 265 points while India have 264points.
England still are on top with 279 points. The rankings will continue tochange as the competition progresses.
On Wednesday, cricket’s governing body also updated players’ individualrankings, according to which Pakistan’s Haris Rauf and Shaheen Afridi havesignificantly improved their standings.
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On the back of his superb performance in the world cup matches againstIndia and New Zealand, Haris Rauf has romped into the top 20s, whileShaheen Shah Afridi has closed the gap to being included in the top 10bowlers. Among batters, Mohammad Rizwan has gotten closer to the top three.
Rizwan, who was at the 7th place in the batters’ chart before the World Cupcommenced, has jumped three places to 4th position, behind Dawid Malan,Babar Azam and Aiden Markram.
Rizwan scored 79 against India and 33 against New Zealand in the first twoT20 World Cup matches.
Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam retains 2nd place in the batters’ chart.However, he has closed the gap with topper Dawid Malan.
