Lagatar24 Desk
Dubai, Dec 1: Shaheen Shah Afridi, Pakistani fast-bowling has made it to the top five of the ICC Men’s Test Player rankings for the first time in his career.
Afridi’s seven-wicket performance in the match where Pakistan won by eight-wicket victory over Bangladesh was the catalyst in his rankings climb.
The 21 year old left-armer grabbed seven wickets including a haul of five for 32 in the second innings and has moved up three places to fifth position after overtaking James Anderson, Kagiso Rabada and Neil Wagner.
Meanwhile, debutant Shreyas Iyer’s player of the match effort helped him enter the rankings in 74th position while opener Shubham Gill and Wriddhiman Saha also made notable progress after their half centuries.
Ravindra Jadeja is up two places to 19th among bowlers with five wickets in the match against New Zealand.
On the batting side New Zealand’s Tom Latham joined Karunaratne in returns to the top ten with their strong performances against India and the West Indies.
Ravichandran Ashwin is the third ranked all-rounder and 79th among batters.
Afridi, Jamieson, Latham and Karunaratne on the charge 👊
All the latest changes in the @MRFWorldwide Test player rankings 👉 https://t.co/sBZWT92hhH pic.twitter.com/4dHZoUV67z
— ICC (@ICC) December 1, 2021
