Dubai, Jul 1 (PTI) India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana on Tuesday moved up one spot to be ranked third within the ICC rankings for batters in ladies’s T20 Internationals.
Mandhana, who’s already world No. 1 in ODIs, made the leap after her maiden century within the opening T20I of the five-match sequence in opposition to England final week through which she additionally stood-in for injured skipper Harmanpreet Kaur.
Mandhana smacked 15 fours and three sixes to make 112 off 62 balls to energy India to a 97-run victory in opposition to England at Nottingham, which was additionally the largest defeat when it comes to runs for the hosts within the shortest format.
The left-handed Indian opener now has a career-high of 771 ranking factors and is ranked third, behind West Indies’ Hayley Matthews, who’s second with 774 factors, and Australia’s Beth Mooney on the high with 794 factors.
Amongst different Indian batters, comeback opener Shafali Verma and Harleen Deol additionally made positive factors.
“Fellow Indian opener Shafali Verma positive factors one place to maneuver to thirteenth on the identical rankings record following her innings of 20 in the identical match in opposition to England, whereas teammate Harleen Deol re-enters the batter rankings in equal 86th after a quickfire knock of 43,” the ICC mentioned in a launch.
In the meantime, England quick bowler Lauren Bell moved up two locations to succeed in fourth within the rankings for bowlers after her three-wicket haul within the first T20I in opposition to India.
The ICC added, “Pakistan spinner Sadia Iqbal stays on the high of the record for T20I bowlers, however it’s tight on the high with simply 44 ranking factors separating the highest 10 gamers.”
South Africa’s Miane Smit moved to 76th together with her maiden half-century in opposition to the West Indies whereas teammate Sune Luus moved up 9 spots to succeed in 31 in record of the all-rounders.
