India`s Deepti Sharma is now the joint second on the ICC Women`s T20I rankings. Fellow teammate Renuka Singh also moved up to 10th spot on the list.
Deepti`s rise was largely due to South Africa spinner Nonkululeko Mlaba dropping three places from earlier second to fifth after one wicket from two games against Australia.
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Deepti is sharing the second spot with Pakistan`s Sadia Iqbal. England`s Sarah Glenn was at fourth after rising a rung.
England spinner Sophie Ecclestone maintained a healthy lead at the top of the T20I rankings for bowlers. There was no change within the top 10 of the latest T20I rankings for all-rounders with Deepti retaining the fourth spot.
Among batters, India`s Smriti Mandhana remained at the fourth spot and is the only Indian in the top 10 list. Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma and Harmanpreet Kaur are unchanged at 13th, 16th and 17th rank respectively.
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Australia`s Beth Mooney is placed at the first spot in the women`s batters list. She overtook Tahila McGrath after her fabulous innings against South Africa.
Beth Mooney has already registered two half-centuries in the T20I format at the start of 2024. Recently, she scored 72 runs in just 57 deliveries against South Africa in Canberra.
Tahila McGrath is currently in the second spot on the list. She scored 24 and 23 runs in the two opening games of the T20I series against South Africa.
South Africa skipper Laura Wolvaardt is on third rank and rose to a new career-high rating after her Player of the Match heroics in the second clash of the series.
(With PTI Inputs)
