Bangladesh batsman Liton Das surpassed India superstar Virat Kohli in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings as he moved to 12th place overall, which is the best ever ranking for any Bangladeshi batsman, while the latter slipped to 14th position.

Liton who made a valuable 7 run, aided the home side to manage 231 runs in the second innings against the touring India that handed them a challenging 145 lead.

 Although the target was eventually chased down by the visitors after Ravichandran Ashwin and Sreyas Iyer shared a 71-run stand in the eighth wicket to secure a three wicket win to clean sweep the hosts by 2-0 in the freshly concluded Test series,

However, the contribution of the former wasn’t overlooked by the highest authority of cricket as his gleaming shows both in the bowling and batting helped him move up on slot and joint-fourth among the bowlers with his fellow team mate Jasprit Bumrah after scalping six wickets in the Dhaka Test.

The 36-year-old India all-rounder also produced a player-of-the match performance during the second and final Test in Mirpur.

Bangladesh spinner Taijul Islam was the other player to make a move, with the experienced spinner jumping two places to 28th after four India scalps during the first innings.