Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah has risen up to the second spot in the ICC Test Rankings released on Tuesday morning.
Yasir, who has achieved the number-two ranking for the first time in his career, picked up eight for 180 in Pakistan’s 178 runs victory against England at Dubai on Monday, which has earned him 25 points.
The winning performance has taken the 29-year-old above the pace trio of England’s James Anderson and Stuart Broad, and New Zealand’s Trent Boult.
Shah recently also became the fastest Pakistani bowler to take 50 Test wickets and currently has 69 victims in just 11 Test outings.
Given that Yasir is still in the qualification period for bowlers, it is likely that he will be able to further reduce the 78-point gap with world number-one Dale Steyn if his extraordinary run of form continues in the Sharjah Test against England which commences on November 1.
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