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DUBAI: South Africa’s stand-in Test captain Wiaan Mulder has made a giant stride in the latest ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings, breaking into the top 25 following his unbeaten 367 against Zimbabwe.
Mulder’s historic knock saw him jump 34 places to reach 22nd position with 669 rating points, moving ahead of Pakistan’s former captain Babar Azam, who has slipped to 23rd with 651 points.
Among other Pakistani batters, Test vice-captain Saud Shakeel dropped two spots to 13th, while wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan fell to 21st with 671 points.
T20I captain Salman Ali Agha also dropped one place to 34th, and Test skipper Shan Masood slipped four positions to 48th.
There’s been a change at the top of the Test batting charts as well, with England’s Harry Brook climbing to the No.1 position, displacing his teammate Joe Root, who now sits second.
New Zealand’s Kane Williamson remains third, while India’s Test captain Shubman Gill surged 16 places to enter the top 10, now ranked sixth, after his match-winning scores of 269 and 161 in the Edgbaston Test.
In the ICC Test Bowling Rankings, Pakistan spinner Sajid Khan and left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi each moved up one position to 19th and 20th, respectively.
Noman Ali retained his fifth spot with 806 rating points, continuing to be Pakistan’s highest-ranked Test bowler.
Among other Pakistani bowlers, Mohammad Abbas dropped to 27th, Naseem Shah held his place at 35th, while mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed slipped two spots to 50th.
Khurram Shahzad dropped two places to 64th, with Aamer Jamal steady at 71st, Mir Hamza unchanged at 93rd, and Zahid Mahmood staying at 97th.
Indian speedster Jasprit Bumrah remains the top-ranked Test bowler in the world, followed by South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada and Australian skipper Pat Cummins in second and third, respectively.
India’s Akash Deep was the biggest mover among bowlers this week. After claiming a ten-wicket match haul at Edgbaston, the right-arm pacer climbed 39 places to reach a career-best 46th position in the Test bowling charts.
Meanwhile, Wiaan Mulder also made notable gains in the ICC Test All-Rounder Rankings as he claimed the third spot after a 16-place jump.
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