Babar ousts Finch from No.1 T20 ranking

In-form Pakistan batsman Babar Azam has jumped four places to sit atop the ICC T20 batting rankings, deposing Australia captain Aaron Finch from the number one position.

Babar hit 68no, 45 and 50 in Pakistan's three-nil sweep over the Aussies in the T20 series that was completed in Dubai on Sunday night, a purple patch of form in stark contrast to Finch, who made zero, three and one following on from his duck against the UAE last week.

Babar's returns pushed his career average to 56.56 from 23 matches, making him the only player in T20I history to average in excess of 50 (min 20 innings).

The lean streak for Finch meanwhile, marked a drastic change in fortunes for the big-hitting right-hander, who in June hammered a world record 172 against Zimbabwe to continue a stunning run of T20 form. He drops one place to number two.

England's Jason Roy was the other big mover among batsman, climbing five places into ninth position after his match-winning 69 against Sri Lanka.

Incredibly, the top five bowling positions are now occupied by leg-spinner's, after England's Adil Rashid took 3-11 against the Lankans to move into fifth position.

The four leggies above Rashid, in order, are Afghanistan's Rashid Khan, Pakistan's Shadab Khan, Ish Sodhi from New Zealand and Indian Yuzvendra Chahal.

Also in the top 10 is towering Australia quick Billy Stanlake, who climbed nine places into ninth, and Pakistan left-arm spinner Imad Wasim, who rose to 10th.

Incredibly, with Black Cap Mitchell Santner at No.6, and leggies Samuel Badree (WI) and Imran Tahir at seventh and eighth respectively, Stanlake is the only non-spinner in the top 10.

On the allrounders list, Aussie superstar Glenn Maxwell retained top position.

ICC Top 10 T20I batsmen

1. Babar Azam (Pak)
2. Aaron Finch (Aus)
3. Lokesh Rahul (Ind)
4. Colin Munro (NZ)
5. Fakhar Zaman (Pak)
6. Martin Guptill (NZ)
7. Glenn Maxwell (Aus)
8. Alex Hales (Eng)
9. Jason Roy (Eng)
10. Rohit Sharma (Ind)

ICC Top 10 T20I bowlers

1. Rashid Khan (Afg)
2. Shadab Khan (Pak)
3. Ish Sodhi (NZ)
4. Yuzvendra Chahal (Ind)
5. Adil Rashid (Eng)
6. Mitchell Santner (NZ)
7. Samuel Badree (WI)
8. Imran Tahir (SA)
9. Billy Stanlake (Aus)
10. Imad Wasim (Pak)

ICC Top 5 T20I allrounders

1. Glenn Maxwell (Aus)
2. Mohammad Nabi (Afg)
3. Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)
4. JP Duminy (SA)
5. Marlon Samuels (WI)

Qantas T20 Tour of the UAE

Australia squad: Aaron Finch (c), Mitch Marsh (vc), Alex Carey (vc), Ashton Agar, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Chris Lynn, Nathan Lyon, Glenn Maxwell, Ben McDermott, D'Arcy Short, Peter Siddle, Billy Stanlake, Mitch Starc, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa.

Pakistan squad: Sarfraz Ahmed (c), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Sahibzada Farhan, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Hussain Talat, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Khan Shinwari, Hassan Ali, Imad Wasim, Waqas Maqsood, Faheem Ashraf

Oct 22: Australia beat UAE by seven wickets

Oct 24: Pakistan beat Australia by 66 runs

Oct 26: Pakistan beat Australia by 11 runs

Oct 28: Pakistan beat Australia by 33 runs

*All matches against Pakistan start at 8pm local time, 3am the following day AEDT