Shafali Verma and Harmanpreet Kaur move up in latest ICC T20I rankings
India opening batter Shafali Verma and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur have risen in the latest ICC T20I rankings for women batters released on Tuesday, July 23. Shafali has made a notable gain by four spots to be joint 11th with Harmanpreet, who moved one rung above.
The improvement came after Shafali returned with scores of 40 (29) and 37 (18) against Pakistan and UAE, respectively, in the first two games for the Women in Blue in the Asia Cup. Harmanpreet was equally brilliant with an unbeaten 66 off 47 deliveries against UAE after staying unbeaten on five against Pakistan.
Smriti Mandhana, the only Indian player in the top 10, has retained her fifth spot. The left-hander returned with scores of 45 (31) and 13 (9) against Pakistan and UAE, respectively.
Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu has retained her ninth spot following her century against Malaysia Women. She scored an unbeaten 119 off 69 balls.
Australia’s Beth Mooney consolidated her top spot among ICC T20I rankings for batters.
Among all-rounders, Deepti Sharma has kept third place in the latest ICC rankings for women. West Indies’ Hayley Matthews stays atop with 524 ratings.
Pakistan captain Nida Dar slipped one spot to seventh, exchanging her sixth spot with New Zealand captain Sophie Devine. England’s Natalie Sciver-Brunt also slipped one place to ninth.
Renuka Singh moves up in the latest ICC T20I rankings
India ace pacer Renuka Singh has moved up by one place to ninth in the latest ICC rankings for women bowlers. She bagged three wickets, including 2/14 against Pakistan in the ongoing Asia Cup.
Meanwhile, Deepti Sharma consolidated her third spot in the latest ICC rankings. England’s Sophie Ecclestone has retained her top spot with 772 ratings.
Sri Lanka’s Inoshi Priyadharshani has risen three spots to fourth after bagging three wickets in her first two games in the ongoing T20 tournament.
New Zealand’s Fran Jonas and England’s Lauren Bell moved up five and three spots to eighth and 10th, respectively. Jonas bagged six wickets in four T20Is against England, while Bell took nine wickets in as many games against the White Ferns.