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DUBAI: Pakistan all-rounder Saim Ayub has reclaimed the top spot, while mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed achieved a career-best ranking in the latest ICC T20I rankings released on Wednesday.
In the ICC T20 Batting rankings, opener Sahibzada Farhan slipped two places, dropping from fifth to seventh with 715 points.
However, the biggest movement among Pakistan batters came from Saim, who made a strong jump of eight places to reach 27th, while captain Salman Ali Agha climbed 12 spots to 29th, now sitting on 589 points.
On the other hand, former skipper Babar Azam dropped three places to 34th, while Mohammad Rizwan fell six spots to 67th with 479 points.
Fakhar Zaman also slipped five places to 74th, and young pacer Hasan Nawaz moved down six positions to 90th.
Pakistan’s biggest highlight came in the ICC T20I bowling rankings, where mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed jumped to a career-best second position, now holding 748 points and closing in on India’s Varun Chakravarthy, who remains at the top.
Spinner Mohammad Nawaz also made a major leap, climbing eight places to seventh with 672 points, strengthening Pakistan’s presence in the elite bracket of T20I bowlers.
Among other Pakistan bowlers, Shaheen Shah Afridi moved up five spots to 19th, while Salman Mirza slipped four places to 22nd and Sufiyan Muqeem dropped five positions to 38th.
Additional changes include Saim Ayub slipping four spots to 58th, Haris Rauf falling nine places to 66th, Shadab Khan making a sharp rise of 33 places to 72nd, while Faheem Ashraf dropped 11 spots to 87th.
In the T20I all-rounders rankings, Saim Ayub climbed back to No.1, dethroning Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza, who now sits second. India’s Hardik Pandya retained the third position.
Pakistan’s Mohammad Nawaz moved up one place to fourth with 230 points, while Shadab Khan surged 13 positions to reach 26th.
Faheem Ashraf slipped six places to 46th, and skipper Salman Ali Agha rose seven spots to 54th. Shaheen Afridi, meanwhile, dropped two places to 69th.
