Star batsman Babar Azam has ostensibly lost the shine for which he was admired across the world as he has slipped out of top 10 list in ICC men’s Test batters ranking, for the first time in more than four and a half years.
The former captain has dropped to No12 with 712 points after losing three places as he seems to be in a lackluster form.
It can be established through the fact as well that the 29-year-old has not hit a half-century during his last 16 innings in Test format, while he scored 64 runs only across four innings at the home ground in the recently concluded two-match Test series against Bangladesh.
Mohammad Rizwan is the only Pakistani batter retaining a spot in top 10 that too on the edge at 10th position.
The third Green Shirts batsman that can be spotted among top 20 batters is Saud Shakil at 20th position. The middle-order batsman has plummeted by seven places from 13. Whereas, Salman Ali Agha moved nine spots up to reach 31 from 40.
On the other hand, after two back-to-back hundreds in the second Test against Sri Lanka, Joe Root’s incredible batting has pushed the English batsman on the ICC Test Batter Rankings’ lead position.
