On Saturday (November 16), India defeated Bangladesh in the first Test by an innings and 130 runs at Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore. Right-arm pacer Mohammed Shami and opening batsman Mayank Agarwal were the star performers for team India.
In the match, Shami picked up 7 wickets for 58 runs while Mayank smashed his second Test century (243 runs), pushing them to their career-best career-best positions in the ICC Test Rankings.
All heart – Captain @imVkohli asks the crowd to cheer for an on fire @MdShami11 👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 #TeamIndia #INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/IEk2GY537Y
— BCCI (@BCCI) November 14, 2019
With 790 rating points, Shami jumped to the No. 7 position breaking into the top 10 for the first time. Agarwal now stands at the 11th spot (691 rating points) behind Rohit Sharma (701 rating points).
Mohammed Shami breaks into 🔝 10 and reaches career-best position on the @MRFWorldwide ICC Test rankings for bowlers 🙌
Full Rankings 👇 https://t.co/r51JWprzac pic.twitter.com/h1ub37ZAYK
— ICC (@ICC) November 17, 2019
Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah held the No. 4 spot while Ravichandran Ashwin was at the 10th place.
- Steve Smith
- Virat Kohli
- Kane Williamson
- Cheteshwar Pujara
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Henry Nicholls
- Joe Root
- Tom Latham
- Dimuth Karunaratne
- Rohit Sharma
- Pat Cummins
- Kagiso Rabada
- Jason Holder
- Jasprit Bumrah
- James Anderson
- Trent Boult
- Mohammad Shami
- Neil Wagner
- Vernon Philander
- Ravichandran Ashwin
India is set to face Bangladesh for its first-ever Pink Ball Test at Eden Gardens in Kolkata from November 22.
