Babar Azam moves up to 6th spot in ICC Test rankings.

Pakistan's star batsman Babar Azam has moved up to a career-high 6th place (up from 15th) in the International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings for Test batsmen, it was revealed on Tuesday.

This is the first time Azam has managed to enter the prestigious top 10 list in the longest format of the game.

Earlier on Sunday, Azam struck 100 not out, his fourth Test century, in the second Test against Sri Lanka in Karachi, in what turned out to be the first series victory for Pakistan on home soil in a decade.

In October, Azam maintained his place as the top-ranked batsman in T20I, with no one being able to knock him over from the position he has made his own since January, when he helped Pakistan claim a 2-1 series victory against New Zealand in New Zealand. In April, he cemented his place at the top of the T20I rankings, amassing 165 runs in the 3-0 whitewash of the West Indies.

Last month, former Australia batsman Michael Hussey, while praising Azam, had said: 'I honestly believe this guy [Babar] can be in the same conversation when we start talking about the best players in the world.'

Azam is often compared to star Indian batsman Virat Kohli. Earlier in June, Pakistan's then batting coach Grant Flower said he certainly believed Babar had the X-factor.

'He is very special,' Flower had said. 'I believe he is going to be one of the best that Pakistan have ever produced. He's really hungry, is fit and still very young at 24.'

'I think he'll have a really good career if he keeps his feet on the ground, which I think he will. He's got Virat's hunger. I think...