Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan and former captain Babar Azam have moved up in the latest ICC Test batting rankings after a reshuffle in the updated standings.
Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam each climbed one place, moving to 20th and 21st respectively. Middle-order batters Saud Shakeel and Salman Ali Agha retained their positions, staying at 25th and 27th.
Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood slipped one place to 44th with 558 rating points, while opener Imam-ul-Haq remained in 52nd position with 522 points.
Abdullah Shafique, who last played Test cricket against South Africa in 2025, moved up one spot to 54th with 517 points. Young batter Abdullah Fazal dropped one place to 97th.
England batters Joe Root and Harry Brook continue to lead the Test batting rankings. Root remains in first place, while Brook is second. Australia’s Travis Head stays third.
In the Test bowling rankings, Pakistan spinner Noman Ali kept his seventh position with 817 rating points. Fast bowlers Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Abbas both gained one place, moving to 25th and 27th respectively.
Spinner Sajid Khan remained at 31st, while Hasan Ali is ranked 38th and Khurram Shahzad is 46th. Spinner Asif Afridi and all-rounder Salman Ali Agha slipped two and one places respectively, falling to 83rd and 90th.
India’s Jasprit Bumrah continues to lead the Test bowling rankings. Australia’s Mitchell Starc remains second, while Australian captain Pat Cummins has climbed to third, overtaking New Zealand pacer Matt Henry.
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