Noman Ali rises to second spot in ICC test rankings

DUBAI: Pakistan spinner Nauman Ali has achieved a career-best second position in the ICC Men’s Test Bowling Rankings.

He earned this honor for playing a prominent role in Pakistan’s victory in the first Test match against South Africa in Lahore.

Left-arm spinner Nauman Ali took 6 wickets for 112 runs and 4 wickets for 79 runs in the match.

Thanks to these outstanding performances, he has moved up 4 places to second place and is currently only 29 rating points behind India’s Jasprit Bumrah.

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With 853 rating points, Nauman Ali also achieved the honor of becoming the 7th Pakistani bowler to cross the 850-point mark.

He became the first Pakistani bowler to cross this milestone after Yasir Shah in 2016. His previous best position was 5th, which he achieved during the series against the West Indies this year.

Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has also made significant progress. He has moved up 3 places in the second innings by taking 4 wickets for 33 runs and has now reached 19th position.

In the batting rankings, Mohammad Rizwan (up 4 places to 16th position) and Babar Azam (up 2 places to 22nd position) have improved their positions, while Salman Agha (up 8 places to 30th position) and Imam-ul-Haq (up 4 places to 44th position) have improved.