Bangladesh stalwart Mushfiqur Rahim moved up five places in the ICC Test batting rankings after a stunning performance in the Ireland series.
Mushfiqur moved to 17th in the rankings afters scores of 126 and 51*, while spin duo Taijul Islam and Shakib Al Hasan were rewarded on the list of bowlers.
Taijul collected a valuable five-wicket haul during the first innings and moved up three places to 20th as a result, while the Bangladesh skipper improved two spots to equal 26th following his figures of 2/26 when opening the bowling in the second innings.
In the T20I batter rankings Babar moved up to third on the rankings that were updated by the ICC on Wednesday and will get further opportunity to make inroads on Suryakumar when Pakistan commence their five-game T20I series against New Zealand on Saturday.
Both Babar and Rizwan sat out Pakistan's most recent T20I series against Bangladesh and will be keen to score freely against the Black Caps, who are coming off a narrow 2-1 series triumph over Sri Lanka at home.
While Suryakumar currently holds a commanding lead at the top of the T20I rankings for batters with 906 rating points, second-placed Rizwan (811) and third-placed Babar (755) could make gains while the India star is plying his trade in the IPL.
