Pakistan batter Saud Shakeel gestures throughout a match. — AFP/File
Pakistani Take a look at participant Saud Shakeel achieved a major milestone on Wednesday, getting into the highest 10 of the ICC Males’s Take a look at Batting Rankings.
In keeping with the ICC’s official rating, Shakeel made a outstanding leap of 20 spots to safe seventh place.
His spectacular efficiency within the current Take a look at sequence towards England on residence turf was pivotal on this achievement.
Pakistan celebrated a memorable victory by outclassing England within the third Take a look at, claiming the three-match sequence 2-1. The nationwide aspect took a considerable first-innings lead of 77 runs on a pitch favouring spinners.
Shakeel’s highest ranking is 724, with a career-best of 728 achieved towards Australia in Melbourne in 2023.
England’s Joe Root continues to steer the rankings, adopted by New Zealand’s Kane Williamson, India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal, England’s Harry Brook, and Australia’s Steven Smith and Usman Khawaja forward of Shakeel. Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne, Sri Lanka’s Kamindu Mendis, and New Zealand’s Rachin Ravindra occupy the eighth, ninth, and tenth positions, respectively, with Ravindra climbing eight ranks to enter the highest 10.
Indian star Virat Kohli has fallen to 14th, whereas Pakistan’s Babar Azam moved as much as 18th. In the meantime, Pakistan’s Take a look at bowler Noman Ali has entered the ICC’s high 10 Take a look at bowlers, rising eight locations to ninth.
Shaheen Shah Afridi, nevertheless, dropped from 14th to fifteenth. South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada is the highest Take a look at bowler after transferring up three locations, with India’s Jasprit Bumrah in third.
