Babar Azam claims career highest test rankings!

Babar Azam claims career highest test rankings : Babar Azam, the captain of Pakistan, has surpassed Steve Smith to take second position among batters in the current ICC Test rankings.

The person at the top of the list, Marnus Labuschgane, is followed by Babar Azam, who has 875 rating points. The 28-year-old reached his highest position in his career, second, against England in the third Test, which included two fifty-plus scores.

Smith struggled at the plate in the first Test match against South Africa; he scored 36 and 6 and finished third, five points behind Azam.

Travis Head, who is now going through a difficult moment, made his maiden appearance in the top five positions and is currently tied for fourth place with Joe Root on 826 rating points.

Both Ben Stokes (+2 to No. 23) and Ollie Pope (+1 to No. 28) moved up in the rankings. Harry Brook, who defeated Pakistan for Player of the Series, moved up 11 positions to reach number 44 in the most recent rankings.

Rankings for Indian batsmen Cheteshwar Pujara and Shubman Gill, who both scored hundreds against Bangladesh in the first Test, significantly rose. Pujara advanced 19 positions to take over position 19, while Gill advanced 10 positions to tie for position 54 as of the most recent update.

Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav made big strides after their performance against Bangladesh. Patel, who just just made his first-ever top-20 appearance, is presently rated No. 18, while Yadav moved up 19 ranks to No. 49.

Ben Stokes was surpassed by Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan in the all-rounders rankings. Shakib rose to No. 3 and the England captain fell to fourth.

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