Bangladesh rise to No. 6

Bangladesh have climbed up to No. 6 on the ICC ODI rankings

on the back of their first victory over New Zealand

in conditions outside of home.

Mashrafe Mortaza has led Bangladesh higher and higher on the ODI rankings table

Bangladesh now stand above three Full Members

- Sri Lanka, Pakistan and West Indies -

and are 18 rating points behind England.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ireland-tri-...33371.html

Bangladesh won by 5 wickets with 10 balls to spare !

Good batting by Tamim and Sabir .

Shabash !

Mahmudullah reached a personal landmark of 3000 ODI runs

https://www.icc-cricket.com/rankings/men...nkings/odi

This will be an all [size=11pt]in form[/size] Battting contest 50 overs !

They qualified for the Champions Trophy

a tournament they will play for the first time in 10 years

The top-eight teams on September 30 this year 2017

gain automatic qualification to the 2019 World Cup  8)