Babar Azam – the right-hand star batter of the Pakistan Cricket Team – continues to hold the top position in the International Cricket Council’s ODI batting ranking.
According to media reports, ICC dropped the list of top-ranking ODI batsmen. Babar Azam holds first in the International Cricket Council’s ODI batting ranking. India’s Rohit Sharma has moved up one place to second, while his compatriot Shubman Gill has dropped one spot to third.
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Some of the reports revealed that Babar Azam will bat at number four in the first Test on home soil against Bangladesh. Abdullah Shafiq’s batting position as an opener is not under threat, while captain Shan Masood will bat at number three.
Squads
Pakistan: Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel, Aamir Jamal (subject to fitness), Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, Muhammad Hurraira, Mohammad Rizwan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Bangladesh: Najmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Mahmudullah, Zakir Hasan, Shadman Islam, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan. Litton Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Nazmul Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Ebadot Hossain, Hasan Mahmud, Taskin Ahmed and Khaled Ahmed.
