Babar Azam Suffers Huge Demotion In ICC Rankings After Dismal Showings In Red-Ball Cricket In 2024

Latest ICC Rankings: Babar Azam's poor form sees him drop several ranks down the order, whereas, a 'certain' Nicholas Pooran and West Indies squad sees them make huge strides. Read below.

Babar Azam was dismissed for a duck and 22 during the first Test match against Bangladesh

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Latest ICC Rankings: Babar Azam is having one of the worst runs in his career, as his poor form with the bat sees him suffer a huge demotion in the latest ICC Test Rankings. The Pakistan batsman has dropped down 6 places to now sit at ninth, whereas, brilliant run of form for Harry Brook now sees him rise to 4th, three places behind legendary Joe Root, who comfortably sits at top with 881 rating.

In T20I's, it was a complete domination from West Indies, as they decimated South Africa 3-0 to complete a consecutive series whitewash. Gudakesh Motie and Akeal Hosein attained career high rankings, as they now sit in Top 3 of the bowlers' chart.  

Nicholas Pooran has now entered Top 10 after a strong showing against Proteas, and with that, he now replaces Brandon King as the highest-rated West Indian in the format.

Updated List Of ICC T20 Rankings (Individuals)

Batters

Rank	Player	Country	Ratings
1	Travis Head	Australia	844
2	Suryakumar Yadav	India	805
3	Phillip Salt	England	797
4	Yashasvi Jaiswal	India	757
5	Babar Azam	Pakistan	755
6	Mohammad Rizwan	Pakistan	746
7	Jos Buttler	England	716
8	Ruturaj Gaikwad	India	664
9	Nicholas Pooran	West Indies	660
10	Brandon King	West Indies	643

Bowlers

Rank	Player	Country	Ratings
1	Adil Rashid	England	718
2	Akeal Hosein	West Indies	680
3	Gudakesh Motie	West Indies	674
4	Rashid Khan	Afghanistan	668
5	Wanindu Hasaranga	Sri Lanka	663
6	Anrich Nortje	South Africa	662
6	Josh Hazlewood	Australia	662
8	Adam Zampa	Australia	654
9	Fazalhaq Farooqi	Afghanistan	645
10	Maheesh Theekshana	Sri Lanka	640

All-Rounders

Rank	Player	Country	Ratings
1	Marcus Stoinis	Australia	211
2	Sikander Raza	Zimbabwe	208
3	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	206
3	Wanindu Hasaranga	Sri Lanka	206
5	Mohammad Nabi	Afghanistan	205
6	Hardik Pandya	India	199
6	Dipendra Singh Airee	Nepal	199
8	Liam Livingstone	England	187
9	Aiden Markram	South Africa	177
10	Moeen Ali	England	174

Updated List Of ICC Test Rankings (Individuals)

Batters

Rank	Player	Country	Ratings
1	Joe Root	England	881
2	Kane Williamson	New Zealand	859
3	Daryl Mitchell	New Zealand	768
4	Harry Brook	England	758
5	Steve Smith	Australia	757
6	Rohit Sharma	India	751
7	Yashasvi Jaiswal	India	740
8	Virat Kohli	India	737
9	Babar Azam	Pakistan	734
10	Usman Khawaja; Mohammad Rizwan	Australia; Pakistan	728

Bowlers

Rank	Player	Country	Ratings
1	Ravichandran Ashwin	India	870
2	Jasprit Bumrah	India	847
3	Josh Hazlewood	Australia	847
4	Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	820
4	Pat Cummins	Australia	820
6	Nathan Lyon	Australia	801
7	Ravindra Jadeja	India	788
8	Kyle Jamieson	New Zealand	729
9	Prabath Jaysuriya	Sri Lanka	727
10	Shaheen Afridi	Pakistan	716

All-Rounders

Rank	Player	Country	Ratings
1	Ravindra Jadeja	India	444
2	Ravichandran Ashwin	India	322
3	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	308
4	Joe Root	England	293
5	Jason Holder	West Indies	270
6	Axar Patel	India	269
7	Ben Stokes	England	261
8	Chris Woakes	England	259
9	Pat Cummins	Australia	245
10	Mehidy Hasan Miraz	Bangladesh	235