All-time Test bowler rating, Shaheen Afridi overtakes Mohammad Asif
The 22-year-old fast bowler scored a career-best 822 rating points, while Mohammad Asif scored a career-best 818 rating points.
I am among the top three. Over the past few years, Shaheen has been one of the most prominent fast bowlers in all three formats of the game and has taken the cricketing world by storm with his exceptional pace.
The left-arm fast bowler has been the second highest wicket-taker in Test cricket in 2021 and has been a key reason behind Pakistan's success in the longest format of the game.
Shaheen took 47 wickets at an average of 17.06 in 9 matches played in the calendar year and topped the charts for the most wickets taken by a fast bowler in Tests.
His impressive performance has catapulted him to the third position in the ICC Test bowler rankings, making him the first Pakistani bowler since Mohammad Abbas in 2018 to be among the top three bowlers in Test cricket.
The 22-year-old fast bowler scored a career-best 822 rating points in the latest rankings, which is the 9th best rating points by a Pakistani bowler in the history of Test cricket.
Shaheen surpassed former Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif who scored a career-best 818 rating points.
''Shaheen now has 822 rating points and is just five points behind Mushtaq Ahmed''.
Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan tops the list of highest rating points by a Pakistani bowler in the history of Test cricket. Imran scored 922 rating points in 1983, which is the third highest rating point in the history of Test cricket.
Former fast bowler Waqar Younis is second with 909 rating points which he achieved in 1993.
Fazal Mehmood is third in this list with 895 points, Yasir Shah is fourth with 878 points, Shoaib Akhtar and Saeed Ajmal are joint 5th with 855 and 855 points, Muhammad Abbas is sixth with 838 points, Wasim Akram is 7th with 830 points.
Mushtaq Ahmed is 8th with 827 points, Shaheen Afridi is 9th with 822 points while Mohammad Asif is at 10th position with 818 points.