Bangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hasan has climbed back to the top of the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I all-rounder rankings for the first time since early 2018.

Shakib earned 34 rating points over the course of the final four T20Is against Australia to move to 286 points – one more than Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi.

The rise to the top of the rankings continues what has been a fruitful period for the Bangladeshi all-rounder, who earned an ICC Men’s Player of the Month nomination for July and became just the second man to take 100 T20I wickets during the fifth match against Australia.

The 34-year-old was the Player of the Series in Bangladesh’s 4-1 win over Australia, finishing with the third-most wickets (seven at 18.14) and second-most runs (114 at 22.80) in either side.

Shakib was not the only major winner from Bangladesh on the latest rankings update, with Mustafizur Rahman climbing 20 spots to move to 10th on the T20I bowling rankings with 619 rating points. The wily seamer improved his rating by an even 100 across the final four T20Is against Australia, finishing with a campaign haul of seven wickets at 8.57, leaking just 3.52 runs per over.

Meanwhile, Bumrah has rocketed back into the top 10 of the MRF Tyres ICC bowling rankings after his nine-wicket haul in the first match against England.

Absent from the top 10 since late March, Bumrah has climbed 10 spots to ninth on the rankings with 760 rating points. He gained 77 points in the first Test against England.

It is the first time Bumrah has been in the top 10 since late March, with the Indian spearhead now sandwiched between Stuart Broad (8th) and Mitchell Starc (10th). James Anderson climbed one spot to seventh on the rankings at the expense of bowling partner Broad.

Source: ICC-cricket

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