India skipper Virat Kohli remains cemented at the fifth spot while his Pakistani counterpart Babar Azam moved a place ahead to reach the second spot in the latest ICC men’s T20I player rankings, which was released on Wednesday.
Babar made a 47-point surge to overtake Australia’s Aaron Finch in the T20I rankings after scoring 122 in the third match of the four-match series against South Africa recently.
Earlier, the Pakistan skipper had replaced Kohli at the top of the men’s ODI player rankings.
In the T20I rankings, Englands Dawid Malan holds the numero uno spot.
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman vaulted 17 places to reach 33rd position after scoring eight not out and 60 in the last two matches against hosts South Africa.
India’s KL Rahul is the only other Indian in the top-10 of the rankings for batsmen. He however, slipped a place to be at the seveth place in the chart.
Amon the bowlers, South Africa’s Tabraiz shamsi is at the No.1 spot, followed by Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan and Australia’s Ashton Agar respectively.