ICC T20 Rankings: Babar moves up a notch to 4th position

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday released the latest T20 rankings.

The rankings reveal that several Pakistani players have witnessed improvement in their positions.

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam with a rating of 763, jumped one spot to secure the fourth spot on the list.

While wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan is ranked as the third-best T20 batsman in the world.

Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman also improved 10 places to 62nd after his 104 runs during the series against New Zealand.

India’s Surya Kumar Yadav toped ICC’s T20 batter’s list, while England’s Phil Salt is in second position.

Meanwhile, South Africa’s Aiden Markram (5th), Rilee Rossouw (7th) along with England’s Jos Buttler (8th) and Dawid Malan (10th) are included in the top 10 T20 batters.

In the bowlers’ list, pace spearhead Shaheen Afridi rose three places to equal 14th following his eight wickets across four matches against New Zealand.

Imad Wasim also jumped 10 places to 22nd in the T20I all-rounders rankings.

Michael Bracewell (up 13 spots to 55th) and Ben Sears (up 29 places to 60th) also improved their positions on the list for T20I bowlers.

With England’s Adil Rashid ranked as the best T20 bowler, the second and third positions are secured by Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga and West Indies’ Akeal Hosein.

India’s Axar Patel and Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan are ranked fourth and ninth, respectively.

Whereas Australia’s Josh Hazlewood has secured the seventh position.

Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Shadab Khan is ranked as the 10th-best all-rounder with the category topped by Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan securing the first position.