The tall pacer had a 10-wicket match haul in the tourist's 109-run victory over West Indies in the second Test at Sabina Park on Wednesday.

After being reduced to 2/3, Pakistan steered towards recovery courtesy a 166-run partnership between Babar Azam (75) and Fawad Alam (76 retired hurt).

Pakistan will open their account against arch-rivals India in their ICC T20 World Cup opener on October 24 in Dubai, the ICC announced on Tuesday.

Trailing by 36 runs on the first innings, Pakistan reached 160-5 by stumps with Babar 54 not out and Faheem Ashraf on 12.

All four senior Pak cricketers, who were recently awarded 'A' grade contracts by the PCB, have told a senior board official that their match fees should be revised.

Captain Azam hit 85 from 49 balls and Rizwan 63 from 41 in a Pakistan record total of 232-6.

Sarfaraz and Arthur had combined well to take Pakistan to the Champions Trophy title in 2017.

Azam also reflected on his team's performances in the recently-concluded series and blamed bowling and fielding for a three-wicket defeat in the final ODI.

While Kohli is second on the list, his white-ball deputy Rohit Sharma is third with 825 rating points. 

Pakistan conceded a 0-3 defeat to an England squad which was arranged merely two days prior to the start of the ODI series.

Babar's 158 off 139 deliveries came after Pakistan's disappointing outings in the first two ODIs against England's second-string side.

Seniors like Wahab Riaz and Shoaib Malik still remain out of the list like last year.

Babar, back in April, ended Kohli's long reign at the top of the ICC ODI Rankings as he became the top-ranked batter. He became only the fourth from his country to attain the position.

There has been speculation that Amir may shift to England and eye an Indian Premier League (IPL) contract as a British citizen.

Eight Test captains have won their first four games in charge of their side and Babar is only the second to achieve the feat this century

Babar said in a virtual press conference that the debate over whether he was a captain with authority should end now.

India recorded over 3.53 lakh cases on Monday, the highest across the world since the pandemic began last year.

Babar scored 52 runs off 46 balls, laced with five boundaries, en route to his feat, while stitching a 124-run stand alongside Mohammad Rizwa

Babar needs only 60 more runs to break India skipper Virat Kohli's record of fastest to 2,000 T20I runs.

Babar, who led Pakistan to their first-ever T20 series win in South Africa and also captained his side to a 2-1 victory in the ODI series, on Friday said he was satisfied with the performances of his players.