DUBAI – Pakistani captain Babar Azam’s superlative form had helped him makea strong 47-point surge to overtake Aaron Finch in the T20I rankings afterscoring 122 in the third match against Proteas.

According to the latest update, the 26-year-old has moved to the secondspot in the ICC T20I rankings with 844 points, dethroning Australia’s whiteball captain.

Azam, who ended the South Africa series as the highest run-scorer, is nowbehind England’s Dawid Malan who topped the latest rankings with 892 points.

Meanwhile, the Pakistani captain is still 48 points adrift of top-rankedMalan of England while he has a chance to top the list by continuing themomentum in the three-match series against Zimbabwe. He maintained the topspot till November last year.

Earlier, right-handed batsman dethroned Indian captain Virat Kohli tobecome the top-ranked ODI batsman in the world. Azam now sits on top ofICC’s ODI batsman rankings with 865 points and Kohli is number 2 with 857points.