This is the first instance of Pakistan batters grabbing the top two positions in the ODI rankings

Babar Azam leads the chart with 806 Rating points, while Muhammad Rizwan is right behind him with 798 Rating points

Two of world cricket’s biggest rivals will go head-to-head at the MCG, with India taking on Pakistan on October 23

New Zealand's Kyle Jamieson has overtaken Pakistan's Shaheen Afridi as the third-best Test bowler in the updated ICC Test rankings

Abid Ali was named Player of the Match after scores of 133 and 91 in the first match of their ICC World Test Championship (WTC) series against Bangladesh in Chittagong

Mohammad Rizwan gained one spot, moving up to No.4 after accounting for 39 and 40 in the final two T20Is against Bangladesh while young batter Haider Ali, who made a note-worthy 38-ball 45 in the final T20I, gained 53 spots to 184

Fakhar Zaman moved up eight places to 40th following his unbeaten 55 against Australia in the second semifinal while Shadab Khan has moved up seven places to 16th position after bagging four for 26 in the same match

Pakistan’s prolific middle-order batter Asif Ali played three T20Is last month also in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World 2021 where he scored a total of 52 runs with a strike rate of 273.68

Pakistan captain scored two successive half-centuries in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021

Afridi (596), whose opening spell against India stands among this tournament's most iconic moments so far, also moved up 11 spots and is now knocking on the door of the top 10 at 12th spot