The Indian women's cricket team has shared its participation in the Asia Cup 2024 being played in Sri Lanka and due to this they have also got a big benefit in the ICC T20I rankings. Harmanpreet Kaur and Shefali Verma along with Richa Ghosh performed well and all of them also got confirmation. Harmanpreet and Shefali are close to the top-10 in the T20I batting rankings.
The Indian team has made a great start in the Women's Asia Cup 2024. The Indian women's team, captained by Harmanpreet Kaur, has won two consecutive matches so far. Team India defeated Pakistan and UAE and today the team will be eyeing a hat-trick of victories by defeating Nepal. Meanwhile, the ICC has released the T20I rankings, in which many star players of the Indian women's team and Sri Lankan bowlers have benefited a lot. Let us tell you the latest rankings of ICC.
| Rank | Batting/ Bowling | Player | Rating Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Batting | Smriti Mandhana | 731 |
| 3 | Bowling | Deepti Sharma | 748 |
| 3 | Allrounder | Deepti Sharma | 392 |
| 9 | Bowling | Renuka Singh | 692 |
| 11 | Batting | Harmanpreet and Shefali Verma | 618 |
Indian women's cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur, opener Shefali Verma and Richa Ghosh have benefited in the latest ICC T20I rankings. Captain Harmanpreet and opener Shefali are about to reach close to the top-10 of the ICC T20I Batsmen Rankings.
Both of them gained four places and are currently at the 11th position. Harmanpreet Kaur benefited from playing an innings of 66 runs against UAE, while Richa Ghosh benefited from playing an unbeaten innings of 69 runs against the UAE team.
Pace bowler Renuka Singh has also taken three wickets for India in two matches so far and has gained one place in the ICC T20 rankings. She has moved up from 10th place to 9th. Deepti Sharma has secured third place in the all-rounder and bowlers rankings, while Smriti Mandhana is at fifth place.
Among the Sri Lankan bowlers, Priyadarshini and Udeshika were rewarded for their excellent performance. Playing the first two matches for Sri Lanka, Priyadarshini took 3 wickets and she jumped three places to fourth position in the T20 bowlers ranking, while Prabodhini jumped 4 places and is at 30th position.
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