Shaheen Afridi’s performance of 2 wickets for 21 runs in the lone T20 against Australia has helped him to move up 4 places to 10th position in the player rankings.
Babar Azam retains the top position in the batsmen’s rankings, but Muhammad Rizwan, who won the ICC Men’s Twenty20 Player of the Year 2021 award, has slipped one place to third.
Josh Hazelwood, who did not play a single T20 match, has also slipped one place to third position, while British league sniper Adil Rashid has taken second position.
After the end of the series between South Africa and Bangladesh, there was some turmoil in the Test player rankings.
Keshu Maharaj finished 21st in bowlers’ rankings and 13th in all-rounders.
His fellow sniper Simon Harmer also moved up 26 places to 54th position in the bowlers’ rankings.
Off-spinner became the second highest wicket-taker in the series after Maharaj (16) with 13 wickets.