Pakistan pacer Shaheen Afridi makes it to top-5

DUBAI: Pakistan pace spearhead Shaheen Afridi has made it to the top-five of the ICC Men's Test Player Rankings for the first time in his career after a fine show in the first Test against Bangladesh, which Pakistan won by eight wickets.

The 21-year-old left-arm bowler, who grabbed seven wickets including a five for 32 in the second innings of the Chittagong Test, has moved up three places to fifth position after overtaking England's James Anderson, South Africa's Kagiso Rabada and New Zealand's Neil Wagner.

The thrilling draw in Kanpur between India and New Zealand had quite a few performances from either side that reflect in the latest weekly update that also includes the first Test between Sri Lanka and the West Indies at Galle, which the host side won by 187 runs.

Debutant Shreyas Iyer's Player of the Match effort of 105 and 65 helped him enter the rankings in 74th position while opener Shubman Gill (up six places to 66th) and Wriddhiman Saha (up nine places to 99th) also made notable progress after notching half-centuries. Ravindra Jadeja is up two places to 19th among bowlers with five wickets in the match and is also up one place to second among all-rounders. Ravichandran Ashwin is the third-ranked all-rounder and 79th among batters. (IANS)

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