Pakistan players gain big in ICC Men's T20I Player Rankings
Haris has attained a career-best 30th position in the batting rankings after emerging as the top scorer with an aggregate of 179 runs for which he was named the Player of the Series. The 24-year-old, who blitzed an unbeaten 107 in the third ODI in Lahore with eight fours and seven sixes, has shot up 210 places.
Hasan Nawaz is another one to make rapid progress in the batting rankings, his 121 runs lifting him 57 places to joint-45th while Saim Ayub has advanced four places to 61st. In the bowling rankings, Abbas Afridi has progressed 18 places to joint-19th while leg-spinners Shadab Khan and Abrar Ahmed are joint-59th after proceeding 24 and 45 places, respectively.
Bangladesh's Tanzid Hasan, the top-scorer for Bangladesh with 106 runs in the series, has moved up 28 places to 53rd and Jakar Ali has gone from 71st to 68th.
The ODI Rankings are headlined by England batters after a 3-0 series whitewash of the West Indies at home.
Joe Root's series-topping 266 runs that included an unbeaten 166 in the second match in Cardiff, have helped him move up 14 places to 24th while Ben Ducket (up three places to 17th) and Harry Brook (up 15 places to 48th) have gained from their three-figure aggregates.
Leg-spinner Adil Rashid is up four places to 15th in the bowling rankings after finishing with nine wickets in the series while seam bowler Saqib Mahmood's eight wickets lift him 82 places to 48th.
For the West Indies, Keacy Carty continues his fine run to move up to a career-best 12th position after scoring 154 runs in the series including a century in Cardiff. Alzarri Joseph is up nine places to 18th, thanks to his seven wickets in the series.
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