Babar Azam reaches career best position in ICC T20I Rankings

The 22-year-old has risen 21 spots after his player of the series performance helped complete a 2-1 victory over the World XI.

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Pakistani batsman Babar Azam. (Photo by AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)

Pakistan batsman Babar Azam has risen 21 spots to grab a career-best sixth position in the MRF Tyres ICC T20I Player Rankings after his player of the series performance helped complete a 2-1 victory over the World XI in the Independence Cup series played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

The 22-year-old started with a fine inning of 86 and followed it up with two other useful knocks of 45 and 48 to finish as the highest run scorer in the series with 179 runs, eight more than his compatriot Ahmed Shehzad, who has gained nine slots to reach joint-22nd position.

In the latest rankings update, which also takes into account performances in Saturday’s one-off T20I in Durham which the Windies won against England by 21 runs, Shoaib Malik was another Pakistan batsman to gain as his 94 runs in the Lahore series saw him gain four slots to reach 30th position. Pakistan leg-spinner Shadab Khan has gained 32 places to reach 66th rank among bowlers.

As for the World XI, Sri Lanka all-rounder Thisara Perera has gained 16 slots to reach 53rd place among batsmen and has also moved up 13 slots to take 79th position among bowlers, while South Africa batsman Hashim Amla has moved up three places to 12th position.

Windies batsman Evin Lewis’s knock of 51 has helped him gain one spot to reach a career-best third position while his opening partner Chris Gayle’s score of 40 has helped him gain four slots to reach joint-22nd position. Among its bowlers, Carlos Brathwaite (up 17 places to 33rd) and Kesrick Williams (up 12th place to 61st) are the major gainers after taking three wickets each in Durham.

Similarly, England pace bowler Liam Plunkett (up 15 places to 23rd) and leg-spinner Adil Rashid (up 11 places to 28th) have ensured upward movement after their three-wicket hauls.

Meanwhile, the Windies side has overtaken England in the MRF Tyres ICC T20I Team Rankings. The Windies side was in the fourth position with 117 points before the match but is now third with 120 points. On the other hand, England has lost four points to slip from second to the fourth position with 119 points.

ICC T20I Team Rankings

TeamMatchesPointsRating
New Zealand131625125
England161962123
Pakistan202417121
West Indies192222117
India192183115
South Africa181983110
Australia131431110
Sri Lanka20189695
Afghanistan25215786
Bangladesh15116878
Scotland1173767
Zimbabwe1384265
UAE1682752
Netherlands944149
Hong Kong1359946
PNG623539
Oman934538
Ireland1553436

ICC T20I Batsmen Rankings

RankNameCountryRating
1V. KohliIND826
2A.J. FinchAUS787
3E. LewisWI780
4K.S. WilliamsonNZ745
5G.J. MaxwellAUS718
6Babar AzamPAK713
7A.D. HalesENG690
8J.E. RootENG683
9Mohammad ShahzadAFG664
10F. du PlessisSA657

 

ICC T20I Bowlers Rankings

RankNameCountryRating
1Imad WasimPAK742
2J.J. BumrahIND737
3Imran TahirSA719
4Rashid KhanAFG717
5Mustafizur RahmanBAN695
6S. BadreeWI694
7J.P. FaulknerAUS688
8S.P. NarineWI676
9Shakib Al HasanBAN648
10R. AshwinIND626

ICC T20I All-Rounders Rankings

RankNameCountryRating
1Shakib Al HasanBAN354
2G.J. MaxwellAUS344
3Mohammad NabiAFG275
4M.N. SamuelsWI270
5MahmudullahBAN203
6P.W. BorrenNED202
7C.J. AndersonNZ201
8J-P. DuminySA194
8Yuvraj SinghIND194
10P.R. StirlingIRE193

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