New Delhi: Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur is back in the top 10 of the latest women’s ODI rankings released on Tuesday. Kaur, who had dropped out from the top 10 list last week, is back climbing to the joint ninth spot while opening batter Smriti Mandhana remains firm on the fourth position in the rankings list.
The Indian skipper, who played a pivotal role in India’s six wicket win over New Zealand in the third ODI of their ICC Women’s Championship series in Ahmedabad, had slipped three places after the first two games. Her unbeaten 59-run knock off 63 deliveries, put her back into the top 10 list. Meanwhile, left-handed player Mandhana, who bagged the player of the match award for her blistering century, added 23 rating points to reach a tally of 728.
Yastika Bhatia moves up
The Indian vice-captain is just five points less than Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu in the list, which has Natalie Sciver-Brunt of England at the top with 760 rating points. Another Indian who has risen up in the rankings is wicketkeeper Yastika Bhatia, moving up from the 48th position to the 45th slot after smashing 35 runs in the final match of the series.
For the Kiwis, Brooke Halliday’s innings of 86 lifted her 12 places to 24th position and Georgia Plimmer’s 39 runs took her from 85th to 74th position. The bowling charts see seasoned Indian spinner Deepti Sharma gaining important points after playing a crucial role in India winning the series 2-1. Deepti, who had already attained a career-high 687 rating points last week, added 16 more points to reach 703 after her haul of 3/39 holding on to the second spot.
English left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone possesses a huge lead at the top with 770 rating points. India pacer Renuka Singh has also gained four places to 32nd while Saima Thakor (up 20 places to joint-77th) and Priya Mishra (up six places to 83rd) also progressed.
(With PTI inputs)
