Mithali led India in 32 T20Is including the three Women’s WT20 World Cups in 2012 (Sri Lanka), 2014 (Bangladesh) and 2016 (India).
Jhulan Goswami became the first female player to scalp 200 ODI wickets.
India Women had won the ODI as well as T20I series against South Africa recently.
Harmanpreet Kaur is now the second India batter to feature in the top after Mithali Raj, who is ranked second – 10 points behind Australia captain Meg Lanning.