Published: Aug 20, 2024, 10:27 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 20, 2024, 10:27 PM (IST)
Smriti Mandhana, the vice captain of India, moved up one spot to third in the most recent ICC ODI women’s rankings, which were made public on Tuesday.
In the 50-over format, Mandhana is the highest-ranked Indian hitter with 738 rating points, while captain Harmanpreet Kaur is still rated ninth.
Though fellow countrymen Nilakshika de Silva (up three spots to 32nd), Harshitha Samarawickrama (up eight places to 44th), and Kavisha Dilhari (up four places to 50th) advanced in the ODI batting rankings, star batsman Chamari Athapaththu of Sri Lanka has fallen behind Mandhana to fourth position.
Despite Gaby Lewis, the Ireland opener, and Samarawickrama of Sri Lanka securing career-high rankings, Mandhana managed to maintain her fourth place in the T20 rankings.
In the second Twenty20 international between Sri Lanka and Ireland, Samarawickrama scored 65 runs off 44 balls, which helped her climb three spots to the 13th rank. Meanwhile, Lewis’s match-winning 119 runs off 75 balls propelled her up four spots to a career-best 21st position, which she had previously reached in July 2022.
