DUBAI: With the T20 World Cup 2024 on the horizon, the Pakistan cricket team has improved its position in the latest T20I rankings released by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
The Babar Azam-led side, which was ranked seventh in the T20I rankings, has jumped up to become the sixth best side in the shortest game format.
Other teams to improve their position include the fourth-placed West Indies, whose players have been in good form ahead of the Caribbean mega event with the United States from June 1. 29.
Winners of the 2012 and 2016 tournaments, they beat New Zealand and South Africa 3-0 each to advance to seventh-placed South Africa in a table led by India.
WI second behind with 252 points. New Zealand 250, and Pakistan South Africa both 244 points ahead of Pakistan by ten points,” the cricket body said.
The increase in the team’s ranking comes after several Pakistani players jumped several places in the ICC ranking.
Green Shirts left-arm batsman Fakhar Zaman has climbed six places to 51st in the rankings. Meanwhile, Shaheen Afridi has dropped three wickets to rank 11 in the bowling chart.
In the all-rounder category, Imad Wasim rose four places to the 12th position. Imad and Shadab Khan are 12th in the overall list, occupying one last place.
Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam remain third and fourth respectively in the T20I batting rankings.
Meanwhile, India’s Suryakumar Adadav is the number one T20I batsman, followed by England’s Phil Dooz.
