Shaheen Afridi, Abid Ali & Hasan Ali Achieve Career-Best Test Rankings

Pakistani stars made major leaps in the ICC Test player rankings after a convincing victory over Bangladesh in the first Test. Pakistan’s ace left-arm pacer, Shaheen Afridi, along with seamer, Hasan Ali and opener, Abid Ali witnessed major improvements and achieved their career-best rankings after sublime performances in the match.

Hasan Ali shook the Bangladeshi batting unit in the first innings and took his fifth five-wicket haul of the year. Hasan’s magnificent return to Test cricket has seen him consistently rise in the bowler rankings and the 27-year old is now ranked number 11th in the world.

Shaheen took a magnificent five-wicket haul in Bangladesh’s second innings and helped Pakistan restrict the opponents to a low total. His magnificent performance helped him climb three places in the rankings and the lanky left-arm pacer is now ranked number 5 in the world.

Abid Ali also put in an exceptional performance in the Test match, scoring a century in the first innings and an exquisite half-century in the second innings. The opener also achieved his career-best ranking and is now the 20th best Test batter in the world.

Meanwhile, Pakistan captain, Babar Azam, failed to trouble the scorers much in the first Test and has dropped to the eighth spot. Wicket-keeper batter, Mohammad Rizwan, and middle-order batter, Azhar Ali, lost a few spots and are now ranked 21 and 22 respectively.

Here are the ICC Test batter rankings:

Ranking	Player	Rating Points
1	Joe Root	903
2	Steve Smith	891
3	Kane Williamson	888
4	Marnus Labuschagne	878
5	Rohit Sharma	805
6	Virat Kohli	775
7	Dimuth Karunaratne	772
8	Babar Azam	737
9	Tom Latham	726
10	David Warner	724

Here are the ICC Test bowler rankings:

Ranking	Player	Rating Points
1	Pat Cummins	908
2	Ravichandran Ashwin	840
3	Tim Southee	839
4	Josh Hazlewood	816
5	Shaheen Afridi	810
6	Neil Wagner	802
7	Kagiso Rabada	798
8	James Anderson	794
9	Kyle Jamieson	776
10	Jasprit Bumrah	763