It’s worth noting Pakistan suffered a 0-2 loss in the three-match T20I series against South Africa after the third match was abandoned due to persistent rain in Johannesburg on 14 December.
This was Mohammad Rizwan’s second consecutive T20I series loss, since becoming Pakistan’s white-ball captain.
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Consequently, Rizwan dropped two places to eighth with 704 rating points after his 13-ball 11 in the second T20I.
Meanwhile, Babar Azam, who bagged a four-ball duck in the first T20I, scored 31 off 20 in the second match and moved one place up to sixth spot in the ICC T20I Batting Rankings.
Other than Babar and Rizwan, there is no batter from Pakistan in the top 50 batters, with Saim Ayub being the third-best-ranked batter from the country.
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Saim is sitting in the 58th spot with 483 rating points after making a massive 45-place jump.
The young batter enjoyed these gains on the back of his unbeaten 98 off 57 balls in the second T20I against South Africa.
In the bowling rankings, pace bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi fell one place to 21st, while Haris Rauf dropped three places to 26th after their below-par showing against South Africa.
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