Bangladesh players could see the funny side of captain Mahmudullah’s gesture, which was probably out of relief as the hosts scraped to a four-run victory over New Zealand in the second T20 International at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Friday. COURTESY
Bangladesh now sit sixth in the ICC T20I rankings after the table was last updated by cricket's global governing body on Friday after the Tigers went 2-0 up with a close win over New Zealand in their ongoing five-match T20I series.
Bangladesh registered a narrow 4-run victory against the Kiwis at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Friday and that saw the Tigers topple Australia and move to number six in the rankings. Bangladesh have 241 rating points while Australia, who were hammered 4-1 in their five-match T20I series against the Tigers last month, have 240 rating points.
Bangladesh had started their ongoing series against the Kiwis being at number 10, with 234 rating points, in the T20I rankings despite winning their first-ever bilateral T20I series against Australia.
With a convincing seven-wicket win in the first T20I, where the Tigers bundled out the Kiwis for their joint-lowest T20I total of 60, Bangladesh had earlier jumped three places -- from 10 to 7 -- in the list.
Mahmudullah Riyad's troops now sit above the likes of Australia, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and West Indies respectively.
Bangladesh also have the possibility of toppling number 5th ranked South Africa (246 points) and sit at number five in the ratings at the end of their series against New Zealand.
For that to happen, the Tigers would need to win all the five T20Is against the Kiwis and that will see Bangladesh gain 248 rating points.
Bangladesh, however, could also move to fifth in the list even if they win 4-1 but in that case, it would depend on which T20I -- the second, third, fourth or fifth -- they lose during the series.
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