Pakistan skipper Babar Azam moved as much as no. 3 in ICC Check rankings for the primary time in his 41-match profession after scoring 174 runs within the first Check towards Sri Lanka at Galle.
The beginning batter from Pakistan has gone previous Steven Smith with a profession greatest score of 874 factors after posting scores of 119 and 55 within the first Check. Joe Root and Marnus Labuschagne stay one and two on the desk with 923 and 885 factors respectively.
Babar, the No. 1 batter in ODIs and T20Is, is at the moment the one batter within the high three of the ICC rankings in each format of worldwide cricket. He’s simply two Check spots away from turning into the No.1 batter throughout all codecs.
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Pakistan opener Abdullah Shafique, in the meantime, jumped 23 spots to No. 16 after his fourth-innings 160 that earned Pakistan a win in that Check. Shafique is at the moment on 671 score factors and has now amassed 720 runs in his first six Checks, which has solely been topped by Sunil Gavaskar (692) and Don Bradman (687) after their first six Checks.
The earlier greatest by a Pakistan batter after six Checks was Saeed Ahmed’s 614 score factors.
Quick bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi moved up one place to a profession best-equaling third place after grabbing 4 wickets within the first innings. Hasan Ali and Yasir Shah have gained a slot every to achieve thirteenth and thirty second positions, respectively.
In the meantime, Sri Lanka’s Dinesh Chandimal has gained 11 slots to achieve 18th place after scores of 76 and 94 not out whereas Kusal Mendis (up two locations to forty seventh) and Oshada Fernando (up 11 locations to 58th) too have made headway within the Check rankings.
High Three in Each Format:
Batters
- Checks: 1 Joe Root, 2 Marnus Labuschagne, 3 Babar Azam.
- ODIs: 1 Babar Azam, 2 Imam-ul-Haq, 3 Rassie van der Dussen.
- T20Is: 1 Babar Azam, 2 Mohammad Rizwan, 3 Aiden Markram.Bowlers
- Checks: 1 Pat Cummins, 2 R Ashwin, 3 Shaheen Shah Afridi.
- ODIs: 1 Trent Boult, 2 Jasprit Bumrah, 3 Shaheen Shah Afridi.
- T20Is:1 Josh Hazlewood, 2 Adil Rashid, 3 Tabraiz Shamsi.All-Rounders
- Checks: 1 Ravindra Jadeja, 2 R Ashwin, 3 Shakib Al Hasan.
- ODIs: 1 Shakib Al Hasan, 2 Mohammad Nabi, 3 Rashid Khan.
- T20Is: 1 Mohammad Nabi, 2 Shakib Al Hasan, 3 Moeen Ali.
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