{"id":112432,"date":"2026-05-13T15:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=112432"},"modified":"2026-05-13T16:43:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:43:25","slug":"pakistani-players-slip-in-latest-icc-test-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pakistani-players-slip-in-latest-icc-test-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani players slip in latest ICC Test rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DUBAI: The latest ICC Test rankings have brought disappointing news for <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/heavy-fines-to-be-imposed-on-pakistani-cricketers-heres-why\/\">Pakistani cricketers<\/a>, with several players slipping down the standings in both batting and bowling categories.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"477\" data-end=\"668\">England batter <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Joe Root<\/span><\/span> retained his position as the world\u2019s top-ranked Test batter in the updated rankings released by the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">International Cricket Council<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"670\" data-end=\"840\">Pakistan middle-order batter <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Saud Shakeel<\/span><\/span> suffered a significant drop, falling six places to 15th position and moving out of the top 10 rankings.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"842\" data-end=\"990\">In the bowling category, Pakistan spinner <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Noman Ali<\/span><\/span> also slipped three spots and is now ranked fifth among Test bowlers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"992\" data-end=\"1163\">Meanwhile, Australia fast bowler <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Mitchell Starc<\/span><\/span> climbed one place to become the world\u2019s second-ranked Test bowler following his recent performances.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1165\" data-end=\"1284\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The updated rankings reflect recent Test performances and international series results across major cricketing nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUBAI: The latest ICC Test rankings have brought disappointing news for Pakistani cricketers, with several players slipping down the standings in both batting and bowling categories. England batter Joe Root retained his position as the world\u2019s top-ranked Test batter in the updated rankings released by the International Cricket Council. Pakistan middle-order batter Saud Shakeel suffered [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":112434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[42123],"class_list":["post-112432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-latest-icc-test-rankings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112432","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112432"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112435,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112432\/revisions\/112435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}