Fakhar Zaman and Babar Azam climb, Rizwan and Shaheen Afridi slip in ICC Player Rankings

The International Cricket Council (ICC) released the latest updated player rankings and the latest update has brought significant changes for Pakistani Cricket players, with some of them experiencing major gains while the other have suffered setbacks. 

Experienced opening batsman Fakhar Zaman, despite being sidelined by the PCB for months, has climbed to the 17 position in the ODI Player Rankings with 623 points to his name. 

The likes of Mohammad Rizwan, Imam-ul-Haq and Saim Ayub have successfully retained their 22nd, 21st and 23rd positions in the rankings, respectively. Salman Agha also moved upto the 79th spot, while Abdullah Shafique who has been going through a lean run of form with the bat, fell to the 98 position with 436 points to his name. 

Former Pakistani skipper Babar Azam continues to reign supreme at the top of the ODI Player Batting Rankings and he's followed by Indian Skipper Rohit Sharma and the Prince of Indian Cricket Shubmna Gill in the 2nd and 3rd places respectively.

Talking about the Bowling ODI Rankings, seamer Haris Rauf continues to maintain his 18th spot with 585 points to his name. His fellow compatriot Naseeem Shah also made progress in the rankings, moving to the 50th position and bowling all-round Mohammad Wasim Jr climbed to the 59th place from the 61st.

The one setback which Pakistan have suffered is that of Shaheen Shah Afridi getting displaced at the third position by Sri Lankan off-spinner Maheesh Theekshana, which meant the former dropped to the fourth position. Afghanistan's elite spinner Rashid Khan continues to lead the ODI Bowling Rankings and he's followed by Kuldeep Yadav of India in the 2nd place.

Talking about the Test rankings, the vice captain of Pakistan's Test team Saud Shakeel fell to the 11th place with 724 points to his name, while Babar climbed by five places to 12th.

Mohammad Rizwan also made improvisations, moving to the 19th place. Salman Agha also jumped to the 22nd spot while skipper Shan Masood made a jump of 12 spots to the 45th with 550 points to his name following a good performance with the bat in South Africa. 

However, the duo of Abdullah Shafique & Imam-ul-Haq experienced setbacks in the Test batting rankings, falling to the 53rd and 49th places respectively, while the duo of Saim Ayub & Kamran Ghulam also dropped to 92nd and 87th ranks. 

In terms of Test Bowling Rankings, Shaheen Afridi and No man Ali slipped to the 21st and 11th positions respectively while Naseem Shah & Mohammad Abbas also witnessed minor declines in their rankings. Abrar Ahmed proved to be the lone positive, moving to the 58th rank. 

Indian Cricket Team's Test Vice Captain Jasprit Bumrah continued to reign supreme at the top, with Aussie skipper overtaking fellow compatriot Josh Hazelwood for the 2nd spot and Kagiso Rabada took the 3rd rank.

In terms of T20 International rankings, Azam moved to the 6th position, joining captain Rizwan in the top 10. Saim Ayub also managed to retain his 57th position. Aussie elite batter Travis Head leads the T20 International batting rankings and he's followed by Phil Salt of England at 2nd and Tilak Varna of India at 3rd places respectively. 

Talking about the T20 International bowling rankings, Shaheen Shah Afridi moved up to the 21st rank, but the duo of Abbas Afridi & Haris Rauf fell to the 44th and 29th spots, respectively. 

Akeal Hosein of the West Indies continues to lead the bowling rankings of the shortest format of the game and he's followed by Adil Rashid of England and Wanindu Hasaranga of Sri Lanka.

Test Player Rankings (Batting & Bowling)

ODI Player Rankings (Batting & Bowling)

Rating		Name		Career Best ODI Rating	Career Best ODI Ranking
1	669	Rashid Khan		806 v Pakistan, 21/09/2018	1 v Zimbabwe, 16/02/2018
2	665	Kuldeep Yadav		765 v New Zealand, 26/01/2019	3 v Bangladesh, 28/09/2018
3	663	Maheesh Theekshana		663 v New Zealand, 11/01/2025	3 v New Zealand, 11/01/2025
4	662	Shaheen Afridi		696 v Australia, 10/11/2024	1 v Bangladesh, 31/10/2023
5	654	Bernard Scholtz		659 v UAE, 20/09/2024	5 v UAE, 20/09/2024
5	654	Keshav Maharaj		741 v Australia, 16/11/2023	1 v New Zealand, 01/11/2023
7	645	Jasprit Bumrah		841 v West Indies, 01/11/2018	1 v South Africa, 04/02/2018
8	643	Mohammed Siraj		736 v New Zealand, 21/01/2023	1 v New Zealand, 21/01/2023
9	635	Adam Zampa		698 v England, 19/09/2024	2 v England, 19/09/2024
9	635	Matt Henry		691 v Bangladesh, 26/03/2021	3 v England, 08/09/2023
11	634	Josh Hazlewood		733 v England, 26/01/2018	1 v South Africa, 07/09/2023
12	632	Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai		639 v Bangladesh, 10/12/2024	9 v Bangladesh, 10/12/2024
13	610	Mohammad Shami		657 v New Zealand, 15/11/2023	9 v New Zealand, 15/11/2023
14	606	Trent Boult		775 v Australia, 11/09/2022	1 v Australia, 03/02/2016
15	599	Mitchell Santner		663 v England, 25/02/2018	8 v Pakistan, 19/01/2018
16	596	Mohammad Mohammad Nabi		657 v Zimbabwe, 09/06/2022	5 v Pakistan, 23/10/2023
17	591	Mitchell Starc		783 v New Zealand, 29/03/2015	1 v India, 26/03/2015
18	585	Rauf		618 v Australia, 10/11/2024	13 v Australia, 10/11/2024
19	574	Kagiso Rabada		724 v England, 29/05/2017	1 v England, 29/05/2017
20	570	Saurabh Netravalkar		597 v Nepal, 20/06/2023	15 v Nepal, 20/06/2023

T20I Player Rankings (Batting & Bowling)