Rizwan is the second-highest ranked Pakistan batsman in the list, only behind captain Babar Azam, who is now in third place.
Mohammad Rizwan's unbeaten 91 and captain Babar Azam's 52 helped Pakistan to 165/3 before fast bowler Hasan Ali's four-wicket haul helped the visitors restrict Zimbabwe to 141/7.
After being set a 150-run winning target, Zimbabwe could only score 138 for 7 in the allotted 20 overs.
Babar and Rizwan's partnership of 197 from 107 balls ripped the game away from the hosts as Pakistan gained an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-match series.
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Mohammad Rizwan enjoyed a brilliant outing for Pakistan in the first T20I against South Africa.
Rizwan became only the second Pakistani to score a hundred in all three formats.
Following his Jonty Rhodes-like effort two days earlier to run out Dussen, Rizwan pulled off a stunning catch of Dean Elgar to earn Pakistan's first wicket on Day 3.
Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan pulled off a stunner to dismiss South African batsman Rassie van der Dussen during the opening Test in Karachi
Babar was again ruled out of the second test on Saturday although he had had a nets session on Friday.
Pakistan suffered a 101-run defeat in the first Test which ended very late on the fifth day Wednesday.
Rizwan came to the crease when Pakistan was 52-5 during a morning session in which it lost four wickets for 32 runs. He left when it was 186-7 in the final session
Rizwan, who smashed 10 fours and three sixes during his 59-ball inning, was adjudged the Player of the Match while Seifert was declared the Player of the Series.
Babar had fractured his right thumb a day after Imam had fractured his left thumb during training sessions in Queenstown last week
Azhar, who is the most Test capped player now in the national team with 81 appearances, is said to have lost favour with a influential member of the cricket committee
Rizwan inflicted a superb stumping and grabbed a stunner in the abandoned T20I opener after Tom Banton's rampaging half-century knock.
Rizwan on Friday came to the rescue of the Pakistan side and helped them inch towards a respectable first-innings score in the ongoing second Test being played at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton.
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The teams went off the field before tea because of the gloom, with Pakistan on 215-8, and reappeared for only another nine balls, during which Stuart Broad took his third wicket of the innings and the tourists moved to 223-9.
Pakistan's tour of England begins on July 30 with a three-match Test series. This will be followed by a three-match T20I series from August 29 to September 2.
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