Pakistan's recent loss to Bangladesh in the first Test of the two-match series has affected the rankings among players of both teams. Babar Azam didn't have a great time with scores of 0 and 22. Accordingly, he has lost several rating points to go below Kohli in the rankings.

Pakistan recovered well to share the honours with Bangladesh on the opening day of their home Test season in Rawalpindi on Wednesday, August 21. Bangladesh had Pakistan early on the mat at 16/3 before Saud Shakeel and Saim Ayub with a 98-run partnership led their comeback.

PAK vs BAN, 1st Test: Pakistan struggled for a start after being forced to bat first against Bangladesh in their first innings of the opening Test match in Rawalpindi. The star pacer Shoriful Islam gave Bangladesh a brilliant start with two early wickets of Babar Azam and Shan Masood.

With two Test matches - Pakistan vs Bangladesh and England vs Sri Lanka - starting today (August 21), ICC has released the latest rankings in the format. Joe Root is sitting on top in the batting rankings but Babar Azam is likely to challenge him in the coming days.

The Pakistan team is in action today for the first time since the T20 World Cup, which was played in June. The team led by Shan Masood will face Bangladesh in the first of the two-match Test series starting today and Babar Azam will be keen on joining Rohit and Kohli in elite list.

Mohammad Rizwan scored 171* off 239 balls and in-form Saud Shakeel added 141 runs to help Pakistan post a big total of 448/6 in 113 overs. Shoriful Islam and Hasan Mahmud picked two wickets each for Bangladesh while Nahid Rana went wicketless.

Pakistan have named their 17-member squad for a two-match Test series against Bangladesh starting August 21 in Rawalpindi. Shan Masood, who led the side in the 3-0 series defeat to Australia will continue to be the captain but Pakistan have made a few changes in the side since then.

Pakistan are going to host Bangladesh for a two-match Test series which is a part of the World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle. The first Test will be played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.

James Anderson called time on his international playing career with a total of 991 wickets across the three formats of the game. The right-arm swing bowler has claimed the most wickets by a pacer in the red-ball format.

After failing to find form throughout the tournament, the star batter Virat Kohli smashed a brilliant fifty against South Africa in the T20 World Cup 2024 final to boost India's total and also bagged a couple of big T20I records.

Team India qualified for their third final in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup after the Men in Blue beat England avenging the defeat of the 2022 semi-final to make it through to the summit clash. The win was 49th for India under Rohit Sharma as captain, the most in men's T20Is for a skipper.

Rohit, Kohli and Babar have been fighting it out in the T20 World Cup to become the top run-scorer in the shortest format. But with Pakistan out of the tournament, India's openers have a great chance to trump Babar with at least three matches to play in Super 8.

Pakistan's batting order suffered yet another collapse while chasing just 107 runs to win in 20 overs. Babar Azam (32* off 34 deliveries) and Shaheen Shah Afridi (13* off five balls) took their side over the line in a tense finish.

Babar Azam played a captain's knock to take his team over the line against Ireland in their last group-stage fixture of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. The Pakistan captain played an unbeaten 32-run knock off 34 deliveries with the help of two boundaries.

Babar Azam scored 32 runs as he helped Pakistan reach home in their T20 World Cup 2024's last match against Ireland. During his knock, he shattered MS Dhoni's record

The star Australian batter Travis Head has scored 80 runs in three innings at an impressive strike rate of 177.77 in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 and entered the top ten of the ICC Men's T20I Batting rankings for the first time in his career.

Pakistan face Canada in a must-win clash in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 in New York on Tuesday, June 11. Pakistan have lost both their matches in the tournament so far, against the USA and India and one more loss would knock them out of the competition.

IND vs PAK: Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf picked three wickets each and Mohammad Amir bagged two to help Pakistan bowl out India to just 119 total while bowling first at New York's Nassau County International Cricket Stadium.

IND vs PAK Playing XIs: Captain Babar Azam won the crucial toss as Pakistan elected to bowl first in the mega T20 World Cup 2024 encounter against India at New York's Nassau County International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.

IND vs PAK: The Indian cricket team started their T20 World Cup 2024 campaign with a dominant win against Ireland while Pakistan suffered a shock Super Over loss against the United States in their first match. Both teams will target two crucial points in the upcoming fixture in New York on Sunday.