Bangladesh batter Saif Hassan burst into the top 20 of the ICC Men鈥檚 T20I batting rankings for the first time after his performance in the recently concluded three-match series against Afghanistan.聽
Saif, who scored 82 runs in the series including an unbeaten 64 in the third match, improved 17 places to be in number 18.聽
Among the other Bangladeshi batters, Tanzid Hasan moved up to 37th from 43rd, while Parvez Hossain came to 71st from 53rd.
Nasum Ahmed, who was adjudged the player of the series, jumped to 44th from 131st in the Bowling rankings.聽
Pacer Tanzim Hasan (up nine places to 33rd) and Shoriful Islam (up 21 places to joint-49th) also improved in the list.聽
Afghanistan鈥檚 leg-spinning all-rounder Rashid Khan鈥檚 hauls of four for 18 and two for 29 in the first two matches have helped him claw back to number two in the bowling rankings, his highest position since June last year.
The bowling rankings also see Noor Ahmad (up eight places to 17th) and Mujeeb Ur Rahman (up six places to 23rd) of Afghanistan progress.聽
Bangladesh swept Afghanistan in the three-match series.
