Wicketkeeper-batter Nurul Hasan Sohan, left-handed batter Najmul Hossain Shanto and right-handed pacer Khaled Ahmed have seen improvement in the latest ICC Test Ranking for the players. Bangladesh have recently played a two-match Test series against the West Indies and lost both the matches. The Tigers failed to pose any sort of challenge to the hosts. Read:BAN vs WI T20I Series 2022: 5 Bangladeshi players to watch out Despite the team's failure, Nurul did well with the bat. He hit a fifty in each Test and helped the Tigers avoid an innings defeat in the second Test. Sohan is now at 84 after two fifties in the recently-concluded Test series. Shanto failed to impress with the bat in this series, but he was slightly better than the other batters. The left-handed batter is now at 88 among the Test betters. And Khaled, the right-arm pacer, picked up 10 wickets in two Tests with a five-wicket haul. Along the way, Khaled became the first Bangladeshi pacer to have registered a five-wicket haul in the West Indies. Khaled is now the 88th among the Test bowlers. The Tigers are now gearing up for the three-match T20I and three-match ODI series against the West Indies. Read:Bangladesh’s T20I Fixtures Before the ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2022 The T20Is will take place on July 2, 3 and 7, and the ODIs on July 10, 13 and 16. Bangladesh have played 13 T20Is against the West Indies and won five of them, while both the teams locked horns in 41 ODIs with Bangladesh winning 18 of those matches.

Afghanistan’s allrounder Mohammad Nabi caught up Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan to claim the top place of T20 allrounders as the ICC updated ICC Ranking on Wednesday. According to the latest update, both Shakib and Nabi are placed at number one as the T20 allrounders with both having 271 rating points. Two successive half-centuries in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 have helped Pakistan captain Babar Azam to overtake England’s David Malan and grab the No. 1 position for T20 batters. Also Read: ICC T20 Ranking: Bangladesh steps down two notches to settle for 8th place Babar hit 51 against Afghanistan and 70 against Namibia to lead the 2009 champions into the semi-finals, is at the top for the sixth time in his career. The 27-year-old had first attained top position on January 28, 2018. He is presently also ranked No. 1 in ODIs. Sri Lanka leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga has topped the bowling charts for the first time in his career after two successive three-wicket hauls against South Africa and England. Also Read: ICC T20 Men’s World Cup 2021: 16 Captains to Watch Along the way, he replaces South Africa’s Tabraiz Shamsi, who was at the top since 10 April this year. There is no Bangladeshi at the top 10 in the ranking of batters and bowlers. The ranking is fittingly reflecting Bangladesh’s dismal show in the current World Cup. The Tigers have lost all four matches they have played in the Super 12s stage.      

Bangladesh cricket team miserably went down two steps to settle for the 8th place in the recently published ICC T20 Ranking after their frustrating performances in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup, 2021. As per ICC T20 ranking, published on October 27, Bangladesh went down to the 8th slot from 6th with 236 rating points. Bangladesh advanced to the 6th place in the previous ICC T20 ranking after winning the T20 home series against Australia and New Zealand and started their campaign T20 World Cup 2021 with a high hope of reaching the semifinal, but their dream was almost shattered after conceding two successive defeats against Sri Lanka and mighty England at the Super 12 stage. Read: ICC T20 World Cup 2021: Group Stage Scenario of Super 12 Round Bangladesh made a frustrating start in the World Cup losing to Scotland by six runs in the qualifier, conceded five wickets defeat against Sri Lanka and an eight-wicket defeat against top seed England in the Super 12 stage after beating Oman and Papua New Guinea by 26 and 84 runs respectively in the qualifiers.        Afghanistan moved up to the 7th place securing the same rating of 236 while Australia advanced to the 6th slot with 242 rating points. West Indies and Sri Lanka, now ranked 9th and 10th respectively, followed the Bangladesh neck and neck bagging 233 rating points each. Read: T20 World Cup: Bangladesh capitulate to England Bangladesh may go down further in the ranking if they lost their remaining three Super 12 matches of the ongoing T20 World Cup against West Indies, South Africa, Australia and England remained on the top slot securing 279 rating points, followed by India and Pakistan with 264 rating points each, New Zealand with 255 and South Africa with 249 rating points.