2024-09-07 02:42:32
Published: 18:40, 4 September 2024 Updated: 18:51, 4 September 2024
Bangladesh whitewashed them for the first time in a Test series on Pakistani soil. Mehdi Hasan Miraj and Liton Das have contributed a lot behind this. The two handily got the result of floating the team to success. Mirage and Liton have reached the best positions of their careers in Test rankings by performing well in bat and ball.
Lytton, who scored a century in the second Test, moved up 12 places to number 15. Liton who got 688 rating points is now the top batsman of Bangladesh in Test ranking. Earlier only Tamim Iqbal managed to rise above him. Tamim Iqbal rose to number 14 after the Australia series in 2017.
After Liton, Mushfiqur Rahim is ranked 17th among the batsmen of Bangladesh. His position has not changed. Mirage played an innings of 78 runs in the last Test and moved up 10 steps to a career-high number 75. Mirage rose to a career-high seventh position in the all-rounder ranking. Ravindra Jadeja is the top all-rounder in Tests.
Not only Miraj and Liton, two pacers Hasan Mahmood and Nahid Rana got the award for best performance with the ball. Bangladesh’s three pacers crushed Pakistan in the second Test. Three pacers took all the wickets in the second innings. Nahid took 4, Hasan 5 and Taskin took the other wicket.
All the three pacers have made a big jump in the rankings. Nahid Rana’s position is 97 in the ranking of bowlers, 23 steps ahead. Taskin is now at number 85, up 11 places. Taskin’s rating point is 264. Hasan’s current position is number 57 with a career best 367 rating points, moving up 16 steps.
Shakib Al Hasan, who failed with the bat in the tour of Pakistan, has moved down two places and is at number 45. Shakib’s position with the ball is number 29. Taijul Islam is at the top among the bowlers of Bangladesh. This left-arm spinner is ranked at number 19. Miraj is at number 22. Ravichandran Ashwin is at the top of the bowlers.
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