DUBAI: Pakistan Test captain Babar Azam, batter Shan Masood and fast bowler Mohammad Abbas have improved their positions in the latest ICC Test rankings after impressive performances in the first Test against the West Indies, despite Pakistan’s 90-run defeat.
Babar and Masood registered notable gains in the batting rankings, while Abbas emerged as Pakistan’s biggest mover among the bowlers.
Babar and Shan make significant gains
Babar Azam climbed four places from 19th to 15th in the ICC Test batting rankings with 686 rating points.
Shan Masood recorded the biggest improvement among Pakistan’s batters, jumping eight places from 44th to 36th after scoring a century in the opening Test. He now has 590 rating points.
Other Pakistan batters lose ground
Several Pakistan batters slipped in the latest rankings following the opening Test.
- Saud Shakeel dropped from 21st to 24th with 641 points.
- Mohammad Rizwan fell eight places to 26th with 638 points.
- Salman Ali Agha slipped four spots to 32nd with 607 points.
- Imam-ul-Haq retained 53rd position.
- Abdullah Shafique dropped one place to 57th with 511 points.
- Aamer Jamal remained 100th.
Australia’s Travis Head continues to lead the ICC Test batting rankings, followed by Harry Brook of England in second place and Joe Root in third.
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Mohammad Abbas shines in bowling rankings
Among Pakistan’s bowlers, Mohammad Abbas made the biggest jump, climbing nine places from 26th to 17th with 690 rating points.
Other Pakistan bowlers performed as follows:
- Noman Ali retained 7th place with 809 points.
- Shaheen Shah Afridi dropped four places to 29th with 617 points.
- Sajid Khan slipped to 35th with 545 points.
- Hasan Ali remained 38th with 501 points.
- Khurram Shahzad fell to 52nd.
- Aamer Jamal remained 81st.
- Asif Afridi dropped to 87th.
- Mohammad Ali slipped to 93rd.
- Salman Ali Agha moved down to 99th.
India’s Jasprit Bumrah continues to hold the No. 1 position in the ICC Test bowling rankings, followed by Matt Henry of New Zealand and Australia’s Mitchell Starc.
