International Cricket Council (ICC) has released its latest men’s Test rankings and Babar Azam remains the only Pakistani batsman to feature in the top 10 of the latest ranking.
Despite the defeat against England in the first Test match in Manchester, Babar Azam’s position remained unchanged as he currently sits at 6th place in the Test batting rankings.
Shan Masood has also reached career-best 19th rank after scoring 156 in the first test. He was previously ranked 33rd.
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Mohammad Abbas and Yasir Shah have jumped up to 10th and 22nd positions respectively while Shaheen Afridi has dropped to 33rd place.
After claiming three wickets in the first #ENGvPAK game, Mohammad Abbas has entered the top 10 of the @MRFWorldwide ICC Test Rankings for bowling.
He shares the tenth spot with Josh Hazlewood 👏
Full rankings ▶️ https://t.co/AIR0KN4yY5 pic.twitter.com/TU35vDDnWG
— ICC (@ICC) August 9, 2020
Moreover, Yasir Shah has jumped up to 19th position in the latest Test all-rounders rankings.
Here are the top 10 Test rankings for all 3 departments of the game.
Test batting rankings
| Pos. | Player | Team | Rating |
| 1 | Steve Smith | AUS | 911 |
| 2 | Virat Kohli | IND | 886 |
| 3 | Marnus Labuschagne | AUS | 827 |
| 4 | Kane Williamson | NZ | 812 |
| 5 | David Warner | AUS | 793 |
| 6 | Babar Azam | PAK | 791 |
| 7 | Ben Stokes | ENG | 775 |
| 8 | Cheteshwar Pujara | IND | 766 |
| 9 | Joe Root | ENG | 742 |
| 10 | Ajinkya Rahane | IND | 726 |
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Test bowling rankings
| Pos. | Player | Team | Rating |
| 1 | Pat Cummins | AUS | 904 |
| 2 | Neil Wagner | NZ | 843 |
| 3 | Stuart Broad | ENG | 836 |
| 4 | Tim Southee | NZ | 812 |
| 5 | Jason Holder | WI | 810 |
| 6 | Kagiso Rabada | SA | 802 |
| 7 | Mitchell Starc | AUS | 797 |
| 8 | Jasprit Bumrah | IND | 779 |
| 9 | Trent Boult | NZ | 770 |
| 10 | Josh Hazlewood/Muhammad Abbas | AUS/PAK | 769 |
Test all-rounder rankings
| Pos. | Player | Team | Rating |
| 1 | Ben Stokes | ENG | 464 |
| 2 | Jason Holder | WI | 447 |
| 3 | Ravindra Jadeja | IND | 397 |
| 4 | Mitchell Starc | AUS | 298 |
| 5 | Ravichandran Ashwin | IND | 281 |
| 6 | Colin de Grandhomme | NZ | 280 |
| 7 | Chris Woakes | ENG | 273 |
| 8 | Pat Cummins | AUS | 266 |
| 9 | Roston Chase | WI | 256 |
| 10 | Stuart Broad | ENG | 220 |
