India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana rose one place to eighth place in the latest ICC Women’s ODI rankings released on Tuesday.
Mandhana, who went 94 (83b) unbeaten in India’s 10-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second ODI on Monday, is the only Indian smash in the top 10. The top list is Alyssa Healey of Australia, followed by Natalie Sciver of the UK. .
All-rounder Deepti Sharma and opener Shafali Verma made significant improvements in their positions after giving India a 2-0 lead over Sri Lanka in a three-match ICC Women’s Championship (IWC) series. ) is taking place in Pallekele.
Deepti, who has three goals for 25 and scores 22 unbeaten, has moved up two places to 29th among hitters and three times to 16th among pitchers. In the all-rounders ranking, she came in 20 points ahead of Ashleigh Gardner of Australia, who was sixth on the list.
Career 36th place goes to Shafali
Verma, who is leading in total runs on the series with 106 runs – including 71 unbeaten in the second game – is up 12 places to the career-best 36th place among tennis players. She is currently fifth on the T20I list.
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Other Indians making the beaters list are Pooja Vastrakar (up three places to 61st), Rajeshwari Gayakwad (up four places to 93rd) and Meghna Singh (up seven places to No. 100). They have all also moved up the pitcher list – Gayakwad from 12th to 11, Meghna from 58 to 47 and Vastrakar from 57 to 50.
Pacer Renuka Singh Thakur’s seven doubles lifted her 38 places to 65th.
For Sri Lanka, Nilakshi de Silva rose 13 places to rank 57th among tennis players after accumulating 75 runs in two matches while Hasini Perera (16 places to 83rd) and Anushka Sanjeewani (up nine places). 89th) are the rest of the people who progress on that list.
Among pitchers, former captain Inoka Ranaweera rose five places to 21st after four goals in two games and Oshadi Ranasinghe went from 64th to 59th.
The two wins put India in second place overall with Pakistan in the IWC scorecard.
A win in the final match against Sri Lanka will help India catch up with South Africa at the top of the table with six points.
Sri Lanka is on two points, won in the previous series against Pakistan.
