DUBAI: Pakistan star batter Babar Azam moved up, surpassing Indian batting prodigy Yashasvi Jaiswal in the latest ICC T20I Batting Rankings on Wednesday.
Jaiswal was not named in India’s squad for the ongoing T20I series against Bangladesh, consequently, losing valuable rating points. He is now ranked fifth with 749 rating points, behind Babar Azam (755).
Meanwhile, Pakistani wicket-keeper Mohammad Rizwan is also among the top-ten batters in the T20I rankings, sitting in the sixth spot with 746 rating points.
Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf also made a significant gain as he rose two places to 24th due to Bangladesh bowlers Rishad Hossain and Taskin Ahmed dropping two and seven places respectively.
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Indian players enjoyed their rise in ICC T20I rankings following their dominant seven-wicket victory in the first of the three-match T20I series.
Hardik Pandya jumped seven places to 60th in the batting rankings after his quickfire 39* during the run chase against Bangladesh. He also claimed one wicket and rose four places to 3rd place in the ICC T20I All-rounders rankings.
Pace bowler Arshdeep Singh took three wickets and jumped eight spots to claim the 8th spot in the bowling rankings, which is led by England spinner Adil Rashid.
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