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Women's T20I rankings: Jemimah, Richa Ghosh move up

Last updated on: February 14, 2023 18:08 IST
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Jemimah Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh celebrate following India's victory over Pakistan in the the ICC women's T20 World Cup Group B match at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, on Sunday.

IMAGE: Jemimah Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh celebrate following India's victory over Pakistan in the the ICC women's T20 World Cup Group B match, at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, on Saturday. Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images

India's Jemimah Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh rose to 11th and 36th places respectively among batters in the latest ICC women's T20I Player Rankings, released on Tuesday.

The duo progressed after guiding India to victory over Pakistan in the women's T20 World Cup opener on Saturday.

While Rodrigues moved from 13th to 11th after her unbeaten 52, Ghosh was up from 42nd to 36th following her 31 not out in the match.

 

Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana, who missed the World Cup opener due to a finger injury, remains the top-ranked Indian in third place.

Mandhana's opening partner Shafali Verma too was static at the 10th.

Alyssa Healy's knock of 55 against New Zealand lifted her two places to seventh, while Sri Lanka's Chamari Athapaththu, the highest scorer in the tournament so far with 83 runs -- which includes a match-winning 68 in a memorable victory over South Africa -- gained a spot to reach No. 9.

West Indies captain Hayley Matthews (up four places to 18th), Ireland's Gaby Lewis (up two places to 22nd) and Australia's Ellyse Perry (up four places to 25th) are the others to gain in the update that considers performances in the first seven matches of the women's T20 World Cup.

Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof advanced three rungs to 30th after her unbeaten 68.

South Africa's Chloe-Tryon (up three places to 37th), England's Alice Capsey (up 13 places to 38th) and Sri Lanka's Harshitha Samarawickrama (up nine places to 43rd) also made notable progress.

In the bowling rankings, spinners Sophie Ecclestone of England and Nonkululeko Mlaba of South Africa consolidated their positions as the top two.

Ecclestone, the leading wicket-taker in the tournament with six wickets, moved from 763 to 776 rating points while Mlaba gained 17 to reach 770 rating points.

Meanwhile, Ashleigh Gardner jumped seven places to sixth after winning the 'Player of the Match' award for her haul of five for 12 against New Zealand.

She remains the top all-rounder in the format while Hayley Matthews and New Zealand's Amelia Kerr inched up a place each to third and fourth positions.

England leg-spinner Sarah Glenn moved up to third while former Sri Lanka captain Inoka Ranaweera advanced 11 places to 10th.

Fran Jones, Alana King, Amelia Kerr, Darcie Brown, Nashra Sandhu and Oshadi Ranasinghe are among others to progress. 

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