{"id":11012,"date":"2022-09-28T13:00:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T13:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=11012"},"modified":"2022-09-28T13:00:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T13:00:27","slug":"icc-t20i-raking-babar-azam-jumps-a-spot-rizwan-retains-top-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/icc-t20i-raking-babar-azam-jumps-a-spot-rizwan-retains-top-position\/","title":{"rendered":"ICC T20I raking: Babar Azam jumps a spot, Rizwan retains top position"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ICC T20I raking: Babar Azam jumps a spot, Rizwan retains top position. Pakistan skipper Babar Azam has jumped a spot in the ICC Men&#8217;s T20 players rankings, while his opening partner <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iMRizwanPak\">Mohammad Rizwan<\/a> retained the top position.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest rankings released on the ICC&#8217;s website, Babar improved in the batting charts, thanks to the second ton of his T20 career.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Babar Azam notched up the second T20I hundred of his career in the second T20I against England, which has propelled him to No 3 in the batting charts,&#8221; a statement issued by the ICC read.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/babar-rizwan-guide-pakistan-to-crushing-victory-in-second-t20i.html\">Babar, Rizwan guide Pakistan to crushing victory in second T20I<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The statement said that veteran batter Mohammad Rizwan has regained the top spot after his brilliant displays in the ongoing seven-match series against England.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, India&#8217;s Suryakumar Yadav moved up to number two after his scintillating 69 off 36 deliveries in the third T20I against Australia in Hyderabad, while Australia skipper Aaron Finch ranked number five.<\/p>\n<p>While in a major setback to the Pakistan side ahead of the Lahore leg, key pacer Naseem Shah was ruled out of the first match in the city due to high fever following a chest infection.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/assets\/uploads\/updates\/2022-09-28\/443084_7608092_updates.JPG\" alt=\"The top 10 T20I batters. \u2014 ICC\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shah was taken to a hospital earlier due to his fever, however, he is now feeling better, a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Sources had earlier reported that doctors made him undergo different tests, including a dengue test, to ascertain the problem.<\/p>\n<p>The PCB spokesperson said Shah&#8217;s inclusion in the other matches will depend on the results of his medical reports.<\/p>\n<p>The teams are playing a seven-match series \u2014 four in Karachi and three in Lahore. The action will start in Lahore today at the iconic Gaddafi Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ICC T20I raking: Babar Azam jumps a spot, Rizwan retains top position. Pakistan skipper Babar Azam has jumped a spot in the ICC Men&#8217;s T20 players rankings, while his opening partner Mohammad Rizwan retained the top position. In the latest rankings released on the ICC&#8217;s website, Babar improved in the batting charts, thanks to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":11013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[694,1252,459,301,364],"class_list":["post-11012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-sports","tag-babar-azam","tag-mohammad-rizwan","tag-pakistan-cricket-board","tag-icc","tag-pcb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}