Monday, January 28, 2019

Mustafizur Rahman takes fifth place in the ICC ODI bowlers’ rankings

Mustafizur Rahman has perhaps become the first Bangladeshi cricketer to make his place among the top five players in the latest ICC ODI bowlers’ rankings. His good performance in the recently concluded three-match ODI series against West Indies has helped him to move five places up to fifth position with 695 rating points, his career best rank in ODIs ever. The southpaw, who claimed five wickets in three matches, is followed by Jasprit Bumrah (India), Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Kuldeep Yadav (India) and Kagiso Rabada (South Africa).
Off-spinner Mehedi Hasan Miraz has jumped 19 places to reach his career best ODI ranking of 28th after bagging six wickets against the Caribbean team. Bangladesh’s ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortazahas climbed 10 places up to 23rd. He also took the same number of wickets and along with Miraz shared the spot as the highest wicket taker in the series, which Bangladesh won 2-1 at home. However, all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is ranked 26th in the ODI bowlers’ rankings.

Now, let us look at the position of the Bangladeshi batsmen in the ICC player rankings for ODI batsmen. The wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim is enjoying his career-best 15th spot in the list with 712 rating points. Left-handed opening batsman Soumya Sarkar is ranked 42nd while his right-handed opening pair Liton Das is positioned 98th after rising four places. 

Source:
https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/944893

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