Skipper of Pakistan T20i squad Babar Azam, who is the third Pakistan batsman to score a half-century in the recently held Bangladesh series, has retained the top slot among batsmen as well as his aggregate of 879 points in the ICC Men's T20I Player Rankings.
In the ICC ranking, senior cricketers Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Hafeez advanced to 45th and 71st positions, respectively, after slamming a half-century each in the three-match series.
In bowling section, left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Afridi has moved up from 72nd to 39th position with two wickets in the series, which the home side won 2-0, with one match abandoned, to retain the top rank in the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings.
Lokesh Rahul leads a pack of India players who have shot up the rankings after their team stormed to a 5-0 series win in New Zealand. Rahul's series topping aggregate of 224 runs has lifted him four places to a career best-equaling second place while Rohit Sharma (up three places to 10th).
Shreyas Iyer (up 63 places to 55th) and Manish Pandey (up 12 places to 58th) are others advancing in the latest rankings update.
There are now three Indians in the top 10 batsmen, as captain Virat Kohli has retained his ninth position with 105 runs from four matches. The story is similar for the India bowling attack as Jasprit Bumrah has gained 26 places to reach 11th position, Yuzvendra Chahal has advanced 10 places to 30th and Shardul Thakur's eight wickets in the series have lifted him 34 places to 57th position. Navdeep Saini (up 25 places to 71st) and Ravindra Jadeja (up 34 places to 76th) have also moved up.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson's 160 runs in the series have taken him from 23rd to 16th position while Tim Seifert (73rd to 34th) and Ross Taylor (50th to 39th) have also made notable gains in the batsmen's list.
Leg-spinner Ish Sodhi has advanced six places to 13th among bowlers.
Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal, who top-scored in the series with an aggregate of 104 runs, has gained 11 slots to reach 50th position. Al Amin-Hossain is at 51st position among bowlers after gaining 25 places.