Sahibzada Farhan, the star of Pakistan’s win within the collection decider, West Indies vs Pakistan, third T20I, Lauderhill, August 3, 2025. — AFP
DUBAI: Pakistan’s cricketers’ ICC T20I rankings surged after a powerful exhibiting of their latest three-match collection in opposition to the West Indies.
Center-order batter Hassan Nawaz climbed 24 spots to achieve thirtieth place with 569 score factors, following a constant run that noticed him rating 79 runs throughout the collection.
Prime-order batter Saim Ayub, who led the collection with 130 runs together with two half-centuries, jumped 25 locations to assert the thirty seventh place, incomes 559 factors.
Fellow opener Sahibzada Farhan, who scored 91 runs within the collection, surged 34 spots to assert the 63rd spot with 484 score factors.
Captain Salman Ali Agha and skilled batter Fakhar Zaman additionally noticed enhancements of their rankings, shifting up 15 and three locations to 76th and 78th positions, respectively.
Nevertheless, seasoned gamers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, who’ve been inactive in T20Is since 2024, skilled a drop in rankings. Babar now sits at seventeenth, and Rizwan at nineteenth, each slipping three locations.
Wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Haris, who struggled throughout the Caribbean tour, dropped 21 locations to 86th with 413 factors.
India’s Abhishek Sharma retained the highest place amongst T20I batters, adopted by Australia’s Travis Head and India’s Tilak Varma in second and third, respectively.
Within the bowling rankings, no Pakistani bowler options within the high 20. Quick bowler Haris Rauf maintained his twenty sixth place with 575 factors, whereas younger pacer Abbas Afridi dropped three spots to twenty seventh.
Left-arm spinner Sufiyan Muqeem made a surprising bounce of 69 locations to achieve thirty fourth with 542 factors. In the meantime, Shaheen Afridi slipped one place to thirty sixth, and Mohammad Nawaz climbed 51 locations to 56th with 489 factors.
Abrar Ahmed dropped 9 spots to sixtieth, and T20I vice-captain Shadab Khan fell 5 locations to 72nd.
New Zealand’s Jacob Duffy continued to high the bowling rankings, adopted by England’s Adil Rashid, whereas West Indies’ Akeal Hosein moved as much as third, changing India’s Varun Chakaravarthy.
Within the all-rounders class, Shadab Khan dropped two spots to nineteenth. Rising star Saim Ayub made a large leap, climbing 70 locations to twenty fourth with 119 score factors.
Mohammad Nawaz jumped 13 locations to thirty sixth, whereas Abbas Afridi dropped 4 locations to 56th. Iftikhar Ahmed fell six locations to seventieth, and Faheem Ashraf moved up 5 spots to 77th with 58 factors.
India’s Hardik Pandya stays the primary T20I all-rounder, adopted by Nepal’s Dipendra Singh Airee and Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi in second and third, respectively.
