India’s starter Smriti Mandhana, fast bowler Jhulan Goswami and all-rounder Deepti Sharma remained static, but the brand Shikha Pandey regained its place in the top 10 in the latest ICC women’s ODI rankings released Tuesday.
Mandhana is in seventh place with 710 points, followed by captain Mithali Raj (709) in eighth place in the batting ranking, led by England’s Tammy Beaumont (765).
In bowling, veteran pacemaker Goswami held steady in fifth place with 681 points, while Poonam Yadav (641) ranked eighth, but Shikha (610), who last played an ODI in November 2019, stayed. with the tenth place.
Shikha had achieved the best ODI bowling ranking of his career in fifth place in February 2019.
Among off-roaders, Deepti was the only Indian to make the top 10 in fifth place with 343 points.
Among others, Australian Alyssa Healy equaled third place, the best of her career. She was rewarded for scoring 65 against New Zealand in her record game that took her to a career-best 753 points. It had previously reached third place in October 2019.
In the same game, her compatriot, off-roader Ellyse Perry fell back above the 700-point barrier with her innings of 56 not out.
Ashleigh Gardner’s 53 undefeated of just 41 balls also took her to the world’s top 30 among hitters for the first time.
In the bowling category, Megan Schutt’s 4 of 32 allowed her to overtake Marizanne Kapp for second place. Nicola Carey, who took 3 of 34, moved to 37th place, the best of his career.
From New Zealand, Lauren Down’s previous highest ODI score was just 15, but her entries of 90 lifted her 55 spots to 62nd.
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