India women’s team star Smriti Mandhana has moved up in the latest ICC Women’s T20I Rankings after her impressive batting display against Pakistan in the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022. The ICC released the ICC Women’s T20I Rankings after the opening six matches of the Commonwealth Games.
Mandhana has moved into the top three of the rankings after her unbeaten fifty against Pakistani. She began the tournament with a knock of 24 against Australia before slamming an unbeaten 63 against Pakistan. Thanks to those knocks, Mandhana has jumped two spots to take the third spot. Australia stars Meg Lanning and Beth Mooney remain in the top two spots.
Apart from Mandhana, her opening partner Shafali Verma is the only other Indian batter in the top ten of the ICC Women’s T20I Rankings. Verma is currently at the fifth spot. New Zealand’s Suzie Bates is the biggest mover inside the top ten leapfrogging Australia opener Alyssa Healy and Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu into sixth.
Ashleigh Gardner gains big in ICC Women’s T20I Rankings:
Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner is one of the biggest mover on the latest ICC Women’s T20I Rankings. The allrounder began her campaign in the Commonwealth Games with a match-winning knock of 52 not out against India. In the following game against Barbados, she picked up 2 wickets while giving away just 6 runs off her 4 overs.
Those twin performances have helped her move four places to No.3 position on the all-rounder rankings, five places to 11th on the batting rankings, and 19 places to 26th on the bowling rankings.
In the bowling department, the top three remains unchanged, with England spinner Sophie Ecclestone topping the chart ahead of Sarah Glenn and Katherine Brunt. Deepti Verma at the fifth spot is the only Indian bowler in the top ten. In the allrounders’ department, Sophie Devine and Natalie Sciver remain at one and two. Deepti is at the fifth spot in this list too.