Babar Azam drops further in T20 Rankings.

Pakistan's all-format captain Babar Azam has slid further down the T20 rankings after his lean patch with the bat continued.

The run-machine showed an improved performance in the first T20 international against England after enduring a nightmare of an Asia Cup with the bat, but his innings of 31 was not enough for him to keep ahead of India's Suryakumar Yadav who overtakes the third spot from Babar Azam in the latest ICC T20 rankings.

Mohammad Rizwan, who broke Azam's marathon streak of being world number 1, retains his top spot after another half-century against England but is now just 33 points ahead of second-placed Aiden Markram (792 rating points) of South Africa.

Yadava's rise in the rankings was aided by the quickfire 46 he scored in India's loss against Australia at Mohali in the opening match of their three-game series on Tuesday.

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