Babar Azam gained remarkable points in ICC Test Player Rankings

Pakistan skipper Babar Azam has acquired some impressive points in the ICC Men's Test Players Rankings for hitters after his fantastic innings against Australia in the upcoming Test series. In the second Test at the National Stadium in Karachi, the 27-year-old fell four runs short of his double century, scoring 196 runs in 425 balls.

Babar had the finest game of his career so far, and he was praised for leading his team to victory, with Mohammad Rizwan, who also hit a century. Both batted brilliantly, guiding their team to a historical tie. As a result, Babar has risen three spots to fifth place in the most recent rankings report.

Rizwan and Usman Khawaja, who played a stunning 160(369) in Australia's first innings of the Test, have risen in the rankings. The former is now tied for 11th place on the table with David Warner, having risen six points, and the latter has grown eleven spaces to No. 13.

Kraigg Brathwaite, the West Indies captain, has advanced 16 places to No. 27 on the rankings chart. In the second Test against England in Barbados, he made 160 runs in the first innings and 56* in the second innings.

Pat Cummins, the Australian captain, has climbed one notch to ninth place in the all-rounders' rankings. In the Karachi Test, he took three wickets and finished on 34* at the close of the first innings. After a challenging second Test against England in Barbados, Jason Holder was demoted to No. 2. Holder only managed to pick up one wicket in the game, despite scoring only 12 runs.

Shaheen Shah Afridi had dropped one position to No. 6 in the Test bowlers' rankings following a poor performance in the second Test against Australia in Karachi when he only managed two wickets.

Kagiso Rabada enters the top-10 ICC ODI Bowlers Rankings
The ICC also revealed the current ODI rankings chart, and the Proteas are the top gainers on the list. South Africa just completed their one-day international series against Bangladesh, winning the second game by seven wickets. After his 62(41) against Bangladesh, Quinton de Kock moved up one spot to No. 3 in the batters list.

Kagiso Rabada made his way into the top ten ODI bowlers after a five-wicket haul against Bangladesh, his first in the format. He is now at No. 8 on the list. Bangladesh's Mehidy Hasan has climbed to eighth place in the ODI all-rounders rankings.

ICC Top 10 Batters in Test Rankings

Rank	Player Name	Country	Rating
1	Marnus Labuschagne	Australia	916
2	Joe Root	England	879
3	Steve Smith	Australia	857
4	Kane Williamson	New Zealand	844
5	Babar Azam	Pakistan	799
6	Dimuth Karunaratne	Sri Lanka	781
7	Rohit Sharma	India	754
8	Travis Head	Australia	744
9	Virat Kohli	India	742
10	Rishabh Pant	India	738

ICC Top 5 All-Rounders in Test Rankings

Rank	Player Name	Country	Rating
1	Ravindra Jadeja	India	385
2	Jason Holder	West Indies	357
3	Ravichandran Ashwin	India	341
4	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	324
5	Ben Stokes	England	306

ICC Top 10 Batters in ODI Rankings

Rank	Player Name	Country	Rating
1	Babar Azam	Pakistan	873
2	Virat Kohli	India	811
3	Quinton de Kock	South Africa	796
4	Rohit Sharma	India	791
5	Aaron Finch	Australia	779
6	Rassie van der Dussen	South Africa	776
7	Jonny Bairstow	England	775
8	David Warner	Australia	762
9	Fakhar Zaman	Pakistan	741
10	Joe Root	England	740

ICC Top 10 Bowlers in ODI Rankings

Rank	Player Name	Country	Rating
1	Trent Boult	New Zealand	737
2	Josh Hazelwood	Australia	709
3	Chris Woakes	England	700
4	Matt Henry	New Zealand	691
5	Mujeeb ur Rahman	Bangladesh	681
6	Jasprit Bumrah	India	679
7	Mehidy Hasan Miraz	Bangladesh	664
8	Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	658
9	Mitchell Starc	Australia	652
10	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	650

ICC Top 5 All-Rounders in ODI Rankings

Rank	Player Name	Country	Rating
1	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	404
2	Mohammad Nabi	Afghanistan	295
3	Chris Woakes	England	282
4	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	276
5	Mitchell Santner	New Zealand	268