Pakistan opener Abdullah Shafique continues to soar in the latest ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings after splendid performances in the first Test of their ICC World Test Championship series in Galle.

Abdullah, who was declared Player of the Match for his second innings knock of 160 and has amassed 720 runs in his first six Tests, advanced 23 slots to reach 16th position with a Pakistan record of 671 rating points.

The previous best by a Pakistan batter after six Tests was Saeed Ahmed’s 614 rating points and only two batters have ever had more points after six Tests – Sunil Gavaskar (692) and Donald Bradman (687).