Test rankings: Babar Azam began to climb the ladder of progress again
Karachi: In the Test rankings, Babar Azam started climbing the ladder of progress again while he took the eighth position with a 2 degree improvement.
The International Cricket Council released the latest rankings for the West Indies and Pakistan, while England and India released the latest rankings after the end of the Tests. Pakistani captain Babar Azam moved up two places to eighth position.
Senior batsman Azhar Ali has had to pay the price for his poor performance in the form of relegation.
The English captain Joe Root continues to improve in the batsmen's rankings, thanks to his unbeaten 180 at Lord's, he has moved up two places to the second position, with only 8 rating points from Faiz Williamson at the top. The distance is left.
In the bowlers' rankings, Pakistan's left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi took four wickets in both innings to move up four places to 18th position. Faheem Ashraf also rose 4 places but he has just reached the 71st position. Hassan Ali's 15th rank remained intact, Mohammad Abbas slipped one place to 17th, Yasir Shah, who had performed poorly, has now slipped to 30th.
Jaden Sales, 19, who won the Man of the Match award for 8 wickets in the Kingston Test, jumped 39 places to take 58th position, becoming the youngest West Indies bowler to take 5 wickets in an innings during the same match. Was also honored.