Pakistan Test captain Babar Azam, opening batter Abdullah Shafique and several bowlers have climbed the latest ICC Test rankings following their performances in the two-match series against the West Indies, which ended in a 1-1 draw. Babar, who finished as the leading run-scorer and Player of the Series with 193 runs across four innings, climbed five places to 10th in the Test batting rankings with 716 points. Saud Shakeel dropped two places to 26th with 634 points, while wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan slipped one place to 27th.
Abdullah made a major surge after returning to the Test side and scoring a century in the second Test, leaping 25 spots to 32nd with 607 points. Salman Ali Agha dropped six places to 38th, former captain Shan Masood slipped three places to 39th, and left-handed opener Imam-ul-Haq fell four places to 57th. Aamer Jamal moved up one place to 99th with 301 points. Australia's Travis Head retained the top spot among Test batters, with England pair Harry Brook and Joe Root occupying second and third positions respectively.
In the bowling charts, Pakistan spinner Noman Ali dropped one place to eighth with 800 points, while Mohammad Abbas slipped to 18th. Shaheen Afridi retained his 29th position with 611 points. Sajid Khan, who claimed eight wickets in the series, climbed five places to 30th with 605 points. Hasan Ali dropped to 39th, Khurram Shahzad moved up to 51st, and Aamer Jamal slipped to 82nd.
Mohammad Ali, the series' leading wicket-taker with nine scalps, jumped eight places to 85th. Debutant spinner Ali Usman made the biggest leap among Pakistani bowlers, climbing 58 places to 97th. India's Jasprit Bumrah retained the number one spot in the Test bowling rankings, followed by New Zealand's Matt Henry in second and Australia's Mitchell Starc in third.