- Smriti Mandhana loses No.
- 1. ODI batting rankings, Harmanpreet and Dee move up. South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt regains the top spot in the women’s ODI batting rankings after Mandhana’s poor results against Zimbabwe, while several Indian players move up.
- Smriti Mandhana (Source: BCCI) Indian ctain Smriti Mandhana gave up her position at the top of the women’s ODI batting rankings after a difficult start to the home series against Zimbabwe in Vadodara.
Smriti Mandhana loses No.
1. ODI batting rankings, Harmanpreet and Dee move up. South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt regains the top spot in the women’s ODI batting rankings after Mandhana’s poor results against Zimbabwe, while several Indian players move up. Smriti Mandhana (Source: BCCI) Indian ctain Smriti Mandhana gave up her position at the top of the women’s ODI batting rankings after a difficult start to the home series against Zimbabwe in Vadodara. South African ctain Laura Wolvaardt returned to number 1.
1 in the ODI batting rankings after Mandhana lost valuable ranking points, reaching just 32 in the opening match before being dismissed for a duck in the second ODI. India had already wrped up the three-match series by winning both completed matches, but Mandhana’s consecutive poor results were enough for Wolvaardt to regain the top spot in the latest ICC rankings update. How did Harmanpreet and Dee benefit from the Zimbabwe series?
While Mandhana endured a poor run with the bat, former India ctain Harmanpreet Kaur and Dee Sharma made the most of their opportunities in the second ODI, scoring a century each to secure significant ranking rewards. Harmanpreet moved up two places to eighth among ODI batters, while Dee climbed four places to 23rd in the same category. Dee’s achievements were not limited to batting alone: she rose two places to fourth in the list of ODI all-rounders and one place to eighth among ODI bowlers.
India pacer Kranti Gaud also made progress, moving up two places to 25th in the ODI bowling rankings. The most striking individual achievement among Indian players was achieved by young batsman Pratika Rawal, who climbed seven places to reach the 21st position of her career in the ODI batting rankings. Zimbabwe’s players also saw movement, with Modester Mupachikwa climbing five places to 39th, Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano moving up four places to 47th and Beloved Biza making the biggest jump of the trio, climbing 16 places to 56th in the ODI batting rankings.
Which other players have progressed in the T20I rankings? Indian players also recorded progress in the T20I rankings after completing their series against Zimbabwe. Shafali Verma moved up one place to third among T20I batters while Mandhana moved up one place to fourth in the format despite his ODI setback.
Elsewhere, Australia’s Ash Gardner climbed nine places to 19th among T20I bowlers following the recent series against New Zealand, while Australian bowlers Georgia Wareham and Kim Garth were seventh and 10th respectively in the T20I bowling rankings. From the New Zealand camp, Bree Illing moved up six places to 17th among T20I bowlers, while Nensi Patel climbed to 29th after the Trans-Tasman series. Also Read: 5 wicketkeeper WPL teams could be in their sights in the auction. India’s wins in both formats highlight the team’s deep talent, although Mandhana’s fall in the ODI rankings is a reminder of how quickly the rankings can move to the top.
