Mohammed Shami Breaks Into Top 10, Mayank Agarwal Now Placed At 11th Spot In Latest ICC Test Rankings

After their terrific performance in the first Test against Bangladesh, Mohammed Shami and Mayank Agarwal have achieved career best positions in ICC Test rankings.?

In the first Test, India beat Bangladesh by an innings and 130 runs, much largely due to the stunning efforts of Mohammed Shami with the ball and Mayank Agarwal with the bat.?

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Shami's bowling figures of 3 for 27 and 4 for 31 lifted him eight places to seventh position. His 790 rating points are the third best for an Indian pace bowler with only Kapil Dev (877) and Jasprit Bumrah (832) having recorded more points.

Double centurion Agarwal, meanwhile, climbed to the 11th spot after his player-of-the-match effort of 243 in India's only innings. The 28-year-old has reached 691 rating points after scoring 858 runs in his first eight Tests.

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Shami, who has been in terrific form in the last few years was again very destructive against Bangladesh in the first Test. His pace and movement was too hard to handle for the Tigers as he picked up seven wickets in the match.?

On the other hand, Mayank Agarwal continued his dream start to his Test career with a eye-catching 243. It was his second double hundred in only his eighth Test. He has now scored 858 Test runs.?Only seven batsmen have scored more runs than Agarwal in their first eight Tests - Don Bradman (1210), Everton Weekes (968), Sunil Gavaskar (938), Mark Taylor (906), George Headley (904), Frank Worrell (890) and Herbert Sutcliffe (872).

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In other significant movements for India, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja jumped four slots to reach joint-35th position among batsmen while pacers Ishant Sharma (20th) and Umesh Yadav (22nd) have moved up one place each.

Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is in the top 10 bowlers list, while moving back to fourth position among all-rounders.?