ICC Women's T20 Ranking released, these Indian players in top-10

ICC Women's T20 Ranking: South Africa's Anne Bosch and Australia's Phoebe Litchfield have made commendable progress in the Women's T20 batting rankings.

Sep 24, 2024 - 20:04
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ICC Women's T20 Ranking released, these Indian players in top-10
ICC Women's T20 Ranking released, these Indian players in top-10

There are only a few days left for the Women's T20 World Cup. Meanwhile, ICC has released the Women's T20 rankings. If talked about the Women's T20 batting rankings, then South Africa's Anne Bosch and Australia's Phoebe Litchfield have made commendable progress.

Anne Bosch jumped three places to 15th position on the back of her excellent show in the last two matches of the T20 series against Pakistan in Multan, a little behind her career-best ranking of 14th achieved in December last year, while Phoebe Litchfield has gained on account of her good show against New Zealand in Mackay. With a leap of 20 places, she achieved her career-best ranking of 41st.

Smriti Mandhana is the lone Indian batsman featuring in the top-10 batting rankings. She remains static at the fourth position with 743 rating points. Australian Beth Mooney leads the table with 761 rating points. Australia's Tahlia McGrath remains in second position, while West Indies' Hayley Matthews has retained third place. South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt took the fifth spot as Sri Lanka's Chamari Atapattu took the sixth spot. Australia opener Alyssa Healy moved up a slot to seventh place, and New Zealand's Suzie Bates jumped two places to eighth position. Tanjim Brits from South Africa, on the other hand, drops down three spots to number nine while Sophie Devine takes the 10th position.

Deepti Sharma and Renuka Singh Thakur from India have been able to retain their top-10 positions. Deepti Sharma is at number 2 with 755 rating points while Renuka Singh Thakur is at number 5 with 722 rating points. Sophie Ecclestone from England is at the top with 757 rating points. The Pakistan spinner Nashra Sandhu has moved up six slots for joint seventh position.

Meanwhile, Australia off-spinner Ashleigh Gardner has jumped up six places to regain a spot in the top 10, while Amelia Kerr has moved up four spots to joint 17th. Australia fast bowler Annabel Sutherland has done the same.

Muskan Kumawat Journalist & Writer