Bangladesh’s left-handed all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan did not play the ODI series against Sri Lanka. But Shanta-Soumya-Shariful did not understand his absence at all. Left-handed pacer Shariful Islam made an important contribution with the ball in winning the series by 2-1. He also received the best performance award. In this performance, Shariful has topped Shakib’s ODI ranking among the bowlers of Bangladesh.
The ICC released the weekly update of cricketer rankings on Wednesday. After a great performance against the Lankans, Shariful moved up 11 places to number 24. He took 5 wickets in the recently concluded ODI series. This is his career best ranking. The previous best position was 25th. Left-handed all-rounder Shakib has been demoted seven places, his position at number 31.
Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto achieved career best ranking like Shariful. 10 steps forward, his position is now at number 39. His previous best ranking was 42nd. Shanto played a career-best unbeaten innings of 122 runs in the first ODI against the Lankans. In all, he scored 163 runs in three matches.
Meanwhile, experienced batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has moved up six places to number 26. After an unbeaten innings of 73 runs in the first match, Mushfiq played an unbeaten innings of 37 runs in the last match. On the other hand, Tawheed Hridoy has reached the 76th position with a career best 476 rating points. An unbeaten innings of 96 runs came from his bat in the second ODI.
Apart from Shariful, Taskin has made a big leap in bowling. 27 steps up to number 42. He took 8 wickets in the ODI series against the Lankans. Another left-arm pacer, Mostafizur Rahman, has taken 2 wickets in the last ODI and is now 5 steps ahead at number 44.
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