Bangladesh placed 4th on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 T20 rankings after beating Ireland - Cricket News Update
The Bangladesh Cricket Team, lead by Mushfiqur Rahim, are currently ranked 4th in the ICC T20 rankings for teams. According to the updated rankings which have been released, Bangladesh’s thumping of Ireland in the final match of the T20 series has helped
them elevate their rank and come into the limelight. Bangladesh and are currently placed ahead of teams like New Zealand, the West Indies, and even http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 who are 7th, 9th and 8th respectively.
Bangladesh managed to secure a narrow, two-wicket win over Ireland in the final T20 match of their European tour at Stormont. In addition to this victory, Bangladesh has been consistently performing well in the T20 format, where they had registered a surprise
victory over the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usa-c759 and the Caribbean have also been contributing factors which have lead to a decline in their rankings. Their
performances have helped Bangladesh go ahead of them and the Tigers are placed just beneath Sri Lanka, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
Captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747’s surge in the ICC rankings and considered it to be an unfair assessment of the team’s progress. He claimed that the team had several loopholes that needed to be addressed and their narrow victory over
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 could have translated into a far more comprehensive performance. Rahim asserted that since the Asia Cup success in 2012, the team had a long way to go and their primary focus is on progressing and playing competitive cricket throughout the T20 World
Cup in Sri Lanka.
“We are still not good in the new format of the game.”
According to the new rules by the ICC, teams will only be eligible to be ranked if they have regularly featured in eight T20 internationals from August 2009 onwards. Bangladesh has thus, qualified to be ranked based upon this criteria, where in 9 matches;
the Tigers have managed to gain 665 points and a 111 rating points.
The Tiger’s had expressed their aim to break into the ICC T20 rankings prior to commencing their tour to Europe. They are yet to play against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Netherlands-c753 in the latter leg of their tour, which would act as a dress rehearsal for the ICC World
T20 which takes place in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 in Group D. The 3-0 thumping of Ireland is Bangladesh’s first series victory in the shortest format of the game.
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