Saim Ayub and Salman Agha put up a worthwhile partnership throughout first ODI between South Africa and Pakistan in Paarl on December 17, 2024. — AFP
Pakistan’s cricketing skills, Saim Ayub and Salman Ali Agha, have progressed within the newest ICC rankings for each the white-ball and red-ball codecs following their spectacular performances in current matches.
Rising batter Saim, who earned the Participant of the Sequence award following Pakistan’s 3-0 sequence win towards South Africa, climbed up a powerful 57 spots to assert the twenty third place with 603 score factors.
His distinctive displaying, highlighted by two centuries within the sequence, has cemented his place among the many high gamers in worldwide cricket.
Vice-captain Agha additionally confirmed vital enchancment, transferring up 28 spots to eightieth with 468 score factors.
Within the ICC ODI batter rankings, Pakistan’s skipper Mohammad Rizwan rose to 3 locations, advancing from twenty fourth to twenty first with 612 score factors.
In the meantime, Abdullah Shafique, who endured a tough sequence with three consecutive geese, dropped 21 locations to 98th.
Pakistan’s opening batters, Fakhar Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq, noticed a minor dip, every dropping one spot to seventeenth and nineteenth, respectively.
Babar Azam continues to dominate the ODI rankings, holding the number-one place, with India’s Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill occupying the second and third spots.
Within the ODI bowling rankings, Haris Rauf slipped from fifteenth to sixteenth, whereas Mohammad Wasim Jr sits at 61st.
Naseem Shah has made a notable rise, leaping 10 locations from 61st to 51st, whereas Mohammad Nawaz has dropped six locations to 73rd.
Rashid Khan retains the highest place within the ODI bowler rankings, with Shaheen Afridi falling to 3rd, surpassed by India’s Kuldeep Yadav in second.
In T20I rankings, Babar and Rizwan maintained their positions at sixth and eighth, respectively, whereas Saim moved up one place to 57th.
Regardless of being out of motion, Fakhar and Iftikhar Ahmed have climbed one spot to 68th and 78th, respectively.
Australia’s Travis Head leads the T20I batter rankings, adopted by England’s Phil Salt and India’s Tilak Varma.
Shaheen dropped two locations within the T20I bowler rankings, now sitting at twenty third with 599 score factors. Haris Rauf additionally noticed a decline, slipping to twenty eighth.
Younger pacer Abbas Afridi dropped one place to forty third, whereas Shadab Khan improved barely, transferring up two locations to 69th.
Within the Check rankings, Babar moved up two spots within the Check batter rankings, reaching fifteenth with 670 score factors.
Agha and Rizwan have improved to 18th and nineteenth, respectively.
Imam-ul-Haq and Abdullah Shafique have each seen a decline, dropping to forty fourth and fiftieth, respectively.
Former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed, presently out of worldwide motion, has seen an increase in his rankings, reaching 72nd.
Within the Check bowling rankings, Noman Ali has moved up one place to ninth, whereas Afridi stays in 18th.
Hasan Ali and Sajid Khan retained their positions at thirty eighth and fortieth, respectively. Naseem Shah is ranked forty first, whereas Abrar Ahmed and Khurram Shehzad stay at 58th and sixtieth.
India’s Jasprit Bumrah continues to steer the Check bowler rankings, adopted by South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada and Australia’s Josh Hazlewood.
