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Mandhana, Deepti attain career-best T20 rankings

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India opener Smriti Mandhana and off-spinning all-rounder Deepti Sharma have moved up a spot every to realize a career-best second spot within the batters and bowlers’ charts of the most recent ICC ladies’s T20I participant rankings.

Both Mandhana and Deepti have moved to inside placing distance of the highest spot for batters and bowlers, respectively, after the most recent weekly replace. Mandhana, who has been a top-ranked batter in ODIs, moved up after scoring an unbeaten 51 off 25 balls, which guided her crew to an eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka within the ultimate of the Asia Cup in Sylhet, Bangladesh just lately. Mandhana is on 730 score factors, 13 factors separating her from top-ranked Beth Mooney of Australia. Deepti rose after conceding solely seven runs off 4 overs within the ultimate, following a haul of three for seven in opposition to Thailand in an earlier match of the event.

Deepti, who completed because the joint-highest wicket-taker within the Asia Cup with 13 scalps, has reached 742 score factors, 14 lower than England spinner Sophie Ecclestone. Deepti additionally discovered a spot within the all-rounders’ record on the third place with 370 score factors, behind West Indies’ Hayley Matthews (377) and New Zealand’s Sophie Devine (390). Fast bowler Renuka Singh, who was named Player of the Match within the ultimate for her 3/5 haul, has moved up 5 locations to a career-best third place whereas Sneh Rana can also be at a career-best tenth place after gaining 5 slots.

Explosive India opener Shafali Verma (up one place to seventh) and captain Harmanpreet Kaur (up three locations to 14th) have additionally gained within the newest replace, whereas left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad (up 15 locations to seventeenth) has progressed within the bowlers’ record.