ICC Test Ranking: Babar Azam downgraded by six ranks

Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) released the new Test Player Rankings.

Pakistani batsman Babar Azam dropped six places in the rankings, moving from third to ninth.

Apart from this, wicket-keeper batsman Muhammad Rizwan has improved by seven places in the ranking. Rizwan and Australian player Usman Khawaja have the same points and both of them are in 10th and 11th place.

Pakistani batsman Saud Shakeel has moved from 14th to 13th.

England's Joe Root remains at number one in the Batters' Test rankings, while New Zealand's Kane Williamson remains at number two, with New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell at number three.

England batsman Harry Brook has moved up three places to fourth place.