The collage of photographs exhibits Pakistan spinners Sufiyan Muqeem (left) and Arar Ahmed. – AFP
DUBAI: The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) has launched new T20I rankings with Pakistani gamers witnessing each rises and drops as a number of key performers of the continuing Asia Cup 2025 are additionally mirrored within the rise.
Pakistan opener Sahibzada Farhan and wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Haris noticed important climbs whereas former captains Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, who each are disregarded from the T20 aspect since 2024, slipped within the batter’s rating.
Farhan surged 18 locations to fifty fifth, whereas Haris jumped 22 spots to succeed in 89th. Babar — who as soon as was a No.1 T20I batter — and Rizwan slipped two and 5 locations to twenty sixth and thirty third, respectively.
Babar and Rizwan final represented Pakistan within the shortest format in opposition to South Africa at Centurion on December 13, 2024.
Left-handed opener Saim Ayub and teenager Hasan Nawaz additionally fell within the rankings, dropping 5 locations to forty sixth and 12 locations to forty seventh, respectively.
Salman Ali Agha, Pakistan captain within the shortest format, dropped 10 spots to 67th, whereas opener Fakhar Zaman fell to 69th.
In the meantime, India’s Abhishek Sharma retained his primary place amongst T20I batters whereas England’s Phil Salt and Jos Buttler claimed second and third positions respectively. India’s Tilak Varma dropped two locations to fourth.
Within the ICC T20I bowlers rankings, India’s Varun Chakravarthy dethroned New Zealand’s Jacob Duffy from the highest spot, whereas West Indies’ Akeal Hosein retained his third spot.
Pakistan spinner Sufiyan Muqeem climbed 4 locations to eleventh with 656 factors, adopted by teammate Abrar Ahmed, who jumped 11 spots to sixteenth.
Left-arm pacer Shaheen Afridi slipped 5 locations to twenty seventh, whereas Mohammad Nawaz and Haris Rauf dropped to thirty third and thirty seventh, respectively.
