Team India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana rises to top 3 in ICC ODI and T20I rankings
Team India vice-captain and opener Smriti Mandhana has moved up three slots to second position in the ICC Women’s ODI Batting Rankings and is up one place to third in the ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings following fine knocks against Australia and the West Indies over the past week. The left-hander struck 105 in the final match of their ICC Women’s Championship series against Australia in Perth and 54 in the first match of a T20I series against the West Indies in Mumbai to headline the latest rankings update that also takes into consideration performances in the final ODI between South Africa and England in Potchefstroom.
The ODI batting rankings see England opener Tammy Beaumont advance two places to 11th after an unbeaten 65 helped clinch the South Africa series 2-1, and India’s Harleen Deol move up nine places to 64th, even as a trio of Australians made notable gains after their team’s 3-0 win.
SMRITI MANDHANA MOVES TO NO.2 POSITION IN THE ICC ODI BATTING RANKINGS…!!!!
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Ashleigh Gardner has moved up one place to 16th with 50 in Perth, Tahlia McGrath has progressed from 32nd to 24th with an unbeaten 56 and Annabell Sutherland is up 15 places to 29th after a match-winning 110.
Gardner is also up two places to a career-best-equalling third position in the bowling rankings with a haul of five for 30 and has moved up from fourth to second in the all-rounders’ list. Sutherland is in the top 20 of the bowling rankings.
Others to move up this list include South Africa’s Marizanne Kapp, who has gained two slots to reach fourth position after a haul of three for 24, and the England trio of Charlie Dean (up two places to seventh), Nat Sciver Brunt (up one place to 16th) and Lauren Bell (up four places to 21st).
Indian seam bowler Arundhati Reddy has shot up 48 places to 51st after a haul of four for 26 while Renuka Thakur has inched up from 28th to joint-26th.
In the T20I rankings, captain Harmanpreet Kaur is in the top 10 and Jemimah Rodrigues has gained six slots to reach 15th position after a fine 73. In the bowling rankings, Deepti Sharma has moved up two places to take second position in the bowling rankings and Titas Sadhu is up to 52nd.
For the West Indies, all-rounder Deandra Dottin has advanced 21 places to 59th after a half-century while Qiana Joseph (up 22 places to 65th among batters) and Karishma Ramharack (up six places to 20th among bowlers) are other notable gainers.