The Indian wicketkeeper jumped one spot to occupy the third place in the ICC ODI player rankings.
India maintained their status as the only unbeaten side left in this tournament.
India leapfrogged New Zealand into fourth place in the annual update of the ICC ODI championship table.
Shakib Al Hasan is the name on all Bangladesh supporters' lips and wicketkeeper Alex Carey admits the star all-rounder is earning extra attention behind the Australian scenes. Shakib boasts an unmatched 384 runs this ICC Men's Cricket World Cup but batting is far from the only string to his bow, taking five wickets in his four matches to date.
The PCB banned Shehzad for violating anti-doping regulations after he tested positive for a prohibited substance in May and his suspension was scheduled to end on November 10.
India can put pressure on Australia and South Africa at the top of the ICC ODI Championship with a good showing in the ICC Champions Trophy.
The ICC also decided to introduce a formal pitch-monitoring process for international cricket.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni slips down to eighth position in the ICC ODI Player rankings after a poor showing in the DLF Cup tri-series.
The gap may further reduce if third-placed India beat them on Friday.
Irfan Pathan is the highest ranked Indian bowler, at eight, in the ICC ODI rankings.
Team India's Jasprit Bumrah, India women's cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur and shooter Heena Sindhu have exceeded expectations to make the cut.
With only three balls remaining, Gulbadin Naib hit a six to clinch a narrow win and prompt delirious scenes in the Afghan capital, where heavily-armed cricket fans fired automatic rifles into the air.
The Australian cricket team received $US 500,000 for being this year's top side in the LG ICC Test Championship and LG ICC ODI Championship.
India have been drawn in the same group as Australia and England for the ICC Champions Trophy
Australia dethroned India from the top position of the Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings after its 4-1 victory over South Africa in the five-match series which concluded in Sydney.
England were confirmed as qualifiers for the second stage of October's ICC Champions Trophy in India.
Top-ranked South Africa lost their three-match series to England 2-1 but former ICC U-19 World Cup star Rabada's haul of four for 39 in the final match at Lord's on Monday helped him finish the series with seven wickets and become the youngest number-one bowler since Pakistan's Saqlain Mushtaq in 1998.
Former Pakistan captain, Muhammad Yousuf has launched a scathing attack at coach Waqar Younis, saying the legendary fast bowler has ego problems and doesn't want seniors in the side. Yousuf said he didn't see things improving under present head coach Waqar. "No, I don't think much will change. He has massive ego problems and personal likes and dislikes and he works on an agenda where he doesn't want senior players in his side.
Kohli pips Smith as Cricket Australia's 'ODI Captain of Year'
Besides KL Rahul, another individual who would like to answer his critics with solid performances is Pant.
India remained third, while star batsman Virat Kohli maintained his second spot in the latest ICC ODI rankings released on Sunday.
South African cricket captain AB de Villiers continued to script statistical history at the ongoing World Cup as he entered the top-10 of all-time scorers' list.
India drew continental rivals Sri Lanka and Bangladesh besides a qualifier in their pool in the 2007 World Cup.
South Africa progressed in the ICC ODI ranking due to their convincing 4-1 series win against England.
South Africa's 5-0 series win in the West Indies sees it climb back into the top four of the LG ICC ODI Championship for the first time since July 2004.
From Brian Lara to Virat Kohli, Ben Stokes to Steve Smith, the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup has never fallen short of showcasing cricket's brightest young stars. More than 30 years have passed since the world's top talents first announced themselves on the big stage, with the 1988 Youth Cricket World Cup a ground-breaking step in bringing ability to the fore.
Australia will be presented with the new one-day international championship shield by International Cricket Council (ICC) president Malcolm Gray before their one-day series opener against England on Friday.
Pakistan team's tour of Zimbabwe next month and a planned tri-series ODI tournament there have been called off after mutual understanding between the two countries.
Chris Gayle was not at his brutal best in the IPL but Andre Russell's butchering of the bowlers has forced the teams to take note of what could await them at the World Cup.
Victory over Australia on Saturday will lift India to third place.
Sri Lanka closed the gap to Australia at the top of the ICC ODI Championship to 15 points after winning the tri-series.
India retained the No 1 spot in the latest Reliance ODI team rankings while Virat Kohli maintained the number two position with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni static at the seventh place in the batting chart released in Dubai.
India are a flexible side with enough ammunition in their arsenal going into the World Cup, says head coach Ravi Shastri, making it clear that combinations would depend on conditions.
Will Ashton Agar and Adam Zampa both play the 1st ODI in Chennai on Sunday?
AB de Villiers, called time on his illustrious international career, claiming to be 'out of gas' after 14 years in the top league.
The Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led side, which lost a closely contested series 2-3 before heading into the Test matches, were 13 points behind leaders Australia (127 rating points) in the ODI table.
'We just want to play good cricket, we've been playing good cricket and that continues to be our main goal' 'New ODI rules will make players more focussed'
The Indian cricket board will work with the National Anti-Doping Agency for a period of six months, while attaching another rider to the tripartite agreement along with WADA
Virat Kohli and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are India's highest-ranked batsman and bowler in third and 13th positions respectively.
Virat Kohli's Indian team will be aiming for another comprehensive show against a depleted Australia when the two sides square-off in the opening encounter of the five-match series, in Chennai, on Saturday.
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