Despite his mediocre performance, Mustafizur Rahman found himself in the top 10 of the latest ICC ODI rankings, which was released Wednesday.
Basically his four-wicket haul against Zimbabwe in the third and final ODI contributed in his giant leap, as he jumped from 16th place to reach 10th.
England fast bowler Chris Woakes shares the place with him.
But it was the two-wicket haul of debutant Ebadat Hossain which helped Bangladesh win that game by 105 runs and avoid the whitewash.
He got the key wicket of Sikandar Raza to pave the platform for a Bangladesh victory.
Mustafizur ripped through Zimbabwe's lower order to boost his wicket-tally.
In fact his wayward bowling in the first ODI cost Bangladesh the game – their first loss at the hands of Zimbabwe after nine years.
He was dropped in the second and penultimate ODI before making a comeback in the third game, courtesy the injury and off-form of fellow left-arm pacer Shariful Islam.
Earlier, Mustafizur's toothless bowling also caused Bangladesh's first ever T20I series defeat to Zimbabwe.
It was however, Mustafizur's best ever ranking since he reached fifth position in 2018.
Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam also improved his ranking following his 2/34 in the last game against Zimbabwe.
His ranking is now 53.
Mehedi Hasan Miraz however, got demoted in ODI bowling rankings but is still the best ranked Bangladesh bowler, sitting at eighth position.
Bangladesh batters didn't see any improvement following their disappointing performances in the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe.
ODI captain Tamim Iqbal remains the highest ranked batter from Bangladesh, sitting at 16th position.
