Bangladesh jumped three places in T20I rankings -- from 10 to 7 -- after winning the first of five T20Is against New Zealand at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday. 

Bangladesh registered their maiden T20I victory against New Zealand, beating the visitors convincingly by seven wickets after bundling them out for their joint-lowest ever T20I score of 60. 

And Bangladesh, who were at number 10 with 234 rating points even after a historic 4-1 series win against Australia last month, moved up to number seven.

According to the latest ICC T20I rankings, updated by the global cricketing body yesterday, Bangladesh now have 238 rating points and are above the likes of West Indies (ranked 10th with 234 points), Sri Lanka (ranked 9th with 235 points) and Afghanistan (ranked 8th with 236 points). 

Bangladesh also have the possibility of toppling number 6th ranked Australia (with 240 rating points) and number 5th ranked South Africa (246 points) and sit at number five in the ratings at the end of their current five-match series against New Zealand. 

For that to happen, the Tigers would need to win all the five T20Is against the Kiwis and that will see Bangladesh gain 248 rating points and at number five in the ICC T20I ratings list. 

Bangladesh, however, could also move to fifth in the list even if they win 4-1 but in that case, it would depend on which T20I -- the second, third, fourth or fifth -- they lose during the series.