The 15th spot in ICC T20 rankings was captured by Indian opener Shafali Verma as well as the 12th position by her captain Harmanpreet Kaur after their outstanding performances in the South African tour.
Three positions were gained as Harmanpreet’s ratings moved to 613, while PTI disclosed that Shafali has climbed two places and now shares a slot with Amelia Kerr from New Zealand and England’s Danni Wyatt at number 15.
However, the highest ranked Indian batter for some time has been Smriti Mandhana who is firmly holding her fifth spot with aggressive style of batting.
As for bowlers, there was no change for experienced Deepti Sharma who stayed at a third place. Radha Yadav rose eight places to reach number fifteen whereas Pooja Vastrakar climbed six spots up to #23.
Shreyanka Patil improved her standing also moving nine positions ahead to become sixtyth-ranked player.
Another news come from England where Sarah Glenn, an off-spinner, reached a new peak of 768 points in her career. She presently holds eight wickets from four matches so far and had registered this success playing against New Zealand during this home series of five T20Is. As a result she retains her second place in the world according to ICC rankings among women players engaged in international T20 cricket games or T20Is.
Only one player is above Glenn on ICC rankings – Sophie Ecclestone, another spinner from England team who took eight wickets during first four matches of five-game series against visiting team New Zealand.
