Pakistan emerged victorious in the 2025 United Arab Emirates T20I Tri-Nation Series against host, the UAE and Afghanistan, seeing rewards in gains in the ICC Men’s T20I Rankings for some of their star players in the series.
Leading run-scorer Fakhar Zaman progressed nine places to 68th in the Batting Rankings while wrist-spinners Sufiyan Muqeem (up seven slots to 15th in the world) and Abrar Ahmed, who is up 39 slots to joint-27th after figures of four for nine against the UAE and two for 17 against Afghanistan, also saw success, said a press release.
Shaheen Shah Afridi was rewarded a four-slot rise to 22nd place, while his teammate and Player of the Series, Mohammad Nawaz swung 13 places to 30th among the bowlers after lighting up the final against Afghanistan with a five-wicket haul (five for 19) which included a hat-trick, ending the tournament with career-best rating points of 563.
Pakistan emerged victorious in the 2025 United Arab Emirates T20I Tri-Nation Series against host, the UAE and Afghanistan, seeing rewards in gains in the ICC Men’s T20I Rankings for some of their star players in the series.
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Leading run-scorer Fakhar Zaman progressed nine places to 68th in the Batting Rankings while wrist-spinners Sufiyan Muqeem (up seven slots to 15th in the world) and Abrar Ahmed, who is up 39 slots to joint-27th after figures of four for nine against the UAE and two for 17 against Afghanistan, also saw success, said a press release.
Shaheen Shah Afridi was rewarded a four-slot rise to 22nd place, while his teammate and Player of the Series, Mohammad Nawaz swung 13 places to 30th among the bowlers after lighting up the final against Afghanistan with a five-wicket haul (five for 19) which included a hat-trick, ending the tournament with career-best rating points of 563.
