Babar Azam holds on to No.1 spot among T20I batsmen
Azam's teammate Mohammad Hafeez – who also made gains on the all-rounders' table – rose 16 spots to No.53 after his knocks of 45, 34 and 53, and Shoaib Malik made a gain of one spot to No.28 on the latest MRF Tyres ICC Men's T20I Player Rankings.
Despite the 2-1 series loss, some of the New Zealand batsmen too made gains. Colin Munro rose one spot to No.3, Kane Williamson shot up three places to the 12th position while Ross Taylor jumped up five places to No.59.
The Professor seals the deal!
— ICC (@ICC) November 2, 2018
Cool as a cucumber, Mohammad Hafeez strikes 34 off 21 to secure the series with six wickets and two balls to spare!
Another nail-biting game, and yet another win for Pakistan.#PAKvNZ SCORE ⬇https://t.co/FcV1C6AyH5 pic.twitter.com/3vZe0m8ZeQ
Following India's 3-0 win over the Windies in the recent T20I series, a host of their batsmen moved up the charts as well – Rohit Sharma climbed three positions to No. 7, mainly because of his incredible unbeaten 111 in the second game. Shikhar Dhawan rose five spots to the 16th place and Rishabh Pant made a gain of 41 points to climb to No. 100.
KL Rahul remained India's highest-ranked batsman at No.4 although he didn't score too heavily, and slipped down one position.
For the Windies, there weren't too many major positives in the latest update – Shai Hope and Shimron Hetmyer did make big gains, but well outside the top 100.
‘We wanted to be ruthless’ – Rohit Sharma after India's 3-0 sweep of the Windies in the T20Is. #INDvWI
— ICC (@ICC) November 12, 2018
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In the bowling department, Pakistan's Faheeem Ashraf broke into the top 10 at No.7 with career-best points of 652, and Imad Wasim trailed close on his heels at No.8 – a rise of two places.
Mohammad Hafeez and Shaheen Afridi made massive gains of 20 spots and 41 spots respectively. Hafeez rose to No.59, while Afridi rose to No.78.
For New Zealand, Tim Southee and Adam Milne both rose five spots to No.36 and No.40 respectively, while Trent Boult dropped nine spots to No.27. Ish Sodhi had a lukewarm series and slipped two places to No.5, but remained New Zealand's highest-ranked bowler.
India win by 71 runs as @windiescricket end their innings on 124/9!@Jaspritbumrah93, @BhuviOfficial, @imkuldeep18 and @imK_Ahmed13 all took two wickets each.
— ICC (@ICC) November 6, 2018
India win the series with a game to spare.#INDvWI RE-LIVE THE ACTION 👇https://t.co/lEbaAuflZv pic.twitter.com/6wGTT9gfHl
India's Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav all made gains. Kumar climbed nine places to No.19, Bumrah rose five spots to No.21 and, having taken five wickets in the two games, Yadav rose 14 places to No.23. Yuzvendra Chahal retained his place at No.4.
For the Windies, Carlos Brathwaite got to the 29th position – a jump of four places – and Keemo Paul reached 72nd after making a 21-spot rise.
Even on the all-rounders' table, things didn't go too well for the Windies, Marlon Samuels and Brathwaite slipping four places to No.9 and two places to No.21 respectively.
Pakistan's Hafeez climbed five positions to No.11, and Ashraf made a leap of six places to the 36th spot. Wasim climbed three places to No.49, tied with New Zealand's Colin de Grandhomme, who also rose four places.