Mehidy Hasan achieves career-best rank in ODI player rankings

Bangladesh bowler Mehidy Hasan has retained his career-best second position on the ICC Men’s ODI bowlers ranking. The 23-year-old performed brilliantly with the ball in the first two ODIs of the ongoing series against Sri Lanka in Dhaka. The young spinner helped Bangladesh defend targets and also bagged an unassailable 2-0 series lead. After the two ODIs. The youngster has progressed three places to reach the second position. Hasan is only the third Bangladeshi bowler to be ranked among the top. Earlier, Shakib Al Hasan took the number one spot in 2009, and left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak reached the second position back in 2010.

Mushfiqur Rahim claims the career-best ranking of 14^th

The off-spinner has picked up seven wickets in two games at an unbelievable average of 8.29. Hasan bagged four wickets for 30 runs in the first ODI match and then returned with figures of 3-28 in the second ODI. With this, he helped the hosts take an unassailable lead of 2-0 after winning the second game by 103 runs (DLS method). Mehidy Hasan has now made a jump of three spots to achieve his career-best ranking.

Mustafizur Rahman, who has picked up six wickets in the first two matches at an average of 8.33, has also progressed eight places. He is now placed at ninth position in the bowlers’ rankings. On the other hand, Bangladesh’s wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has also advanced in the recent update. The right-handed batsman who has bagged the Man of the Match award in both the matches has moved up by four spots to claim the career-best ranking of 14th. He scored 84 and 125 runs in both games. Mahmudullah has also advanced two places to the 38th position after his scores of 54 and 41.

For Sri Lanka, pacer Dushmantha Chameera’s spell of three for 44 in the 2nd ODI has helped him gain 11 places. The fast bowler now shares the 61st position with his teammate PWH de Siva, who has also progressed eight places. Other players like Dhananjaya de Silva and Lakshan Sandakan have also moved up in the ICC ODI rankings. Bangladesh defeated Sri Lanka by 103 runs (DLS method) in the second ODI game on Tuesday. They will now play against Bangladesh in the third ODI on Friday.

READ MORE Cricket articles here!