Bangladesh all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz attained his career-best ranking in the latest ICC Men鈥檚 Test Player Rankings for all-rounders on Wednesday, as he climbed to second place following his heroics in the recently concluded series against Zimbabwe.听
Mehidy, who has a career-best 327 rating points, is now only behind India's Ravindra Jadeja, who sits at the top with 400 rating points.听
The 27-year-old struck a fine 104 and took his third five-wicket haul of the series to become the second-ranked all-rounder for the first time, overtaking South Africa鈥檚 Marco Jansen in the list.听
Mehidy, who won the Player of the Match and the Player of the Series awards, has also reached a career-best 55th position in the batting rankings after gaining eight slots, while his second innings haul of five for 32 has lifted him two places to 24th position in the list led by India鈥檚 Jasprit Bumrah.
Mehidy has also been nominated for the ICC Men鈥檚 Player of the Month in April after his stellar performances against Zimbabwe.听
Left-handed opener Shadman Islam鈥檚 first innings century in Chattogram has helped him gain 17 places to reach 60th position after also contributing in Bangladesh鈥檚 victory by an innings and 106 runs that helped draw the series 1-1.
Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam (up seven places to 16th) remains Bangladesh鈥檚 top-ranked bowler after finishing with a nine-wicket match haul, while off-spinner Nayeem Hasan (up six places to 54th) has also made significant progress.
Zimbabwe鈥檚 Sean Williams is back in the top 20 after notching a half-century in the first innings, reaching a career-best-equalling 19th position. Ben Curran is up 20 places to 94th.
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