Among the all-rounders, Deepti Sharma retained her fourth spot with 359 points in the list headed by Ellyse Perry of Australia with 460 points.
Former Australia captain Ian Chappell has criticized the ICC, calling it an "event management company" and stating that financially stronger boards are dictating a self-serving schedule that harms Test cricket.
Smriti Mandhana dropped a rung to fourth spot, while skipper Harmanpreet Kaur jumped two places to ninth position in the ICC Women's ODI batting rankings.
Trisha's composed 49 and pacers' excellent new ball spell fashioned India's lopsided 60-run win over Sri Lanka and their entry into the Super Six of the ICC U19 T20 Women's World Cup
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is looking to become a permanent member of the Olympic Movement following the inclusion of T20 cricket in the programme of 2028 Olympics, its chairman Greg Barclay said on Monday.
India have been drawn alongside six-time champions Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Group A for the women's T20 World Cup in October.
ndia will not get a better opponent than New Zealand, which is not a fancied side like its Trans-Tasman neighbour. But the two-time runners-up are as tough as nails.
Images from the ICC Women's ODI World Cup match between India and New Zealand in Hamilton on Thursday.
Ellyse Perry, Tahila McGrath and Ashleigh Gardner's impressive all-round display powered Australia to a crushing 141-run victory over New Zealand, their third consecutive, in the ICC Women's ODI World Cup, in Wellington, on Sunday.
A stunning spell of leg spin bowling by Parshavi Chopra led India to an emphatic seven-wicket triumph over Sri Lanka in their second Super Six match in the inaugural ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.
Amit Sharma will be her deputy for the tournament to be held in Australia from March 7 to 22.
India has not sent its cricket team to Pakistan since 2008 when they last came for the Asia Cup under Mahendra Singh Dhoni's captaincy.
Even a whiff of an incident like the violent 1989 shirt-ripping attack on Krishnamachari Srikkanth by a Karachi spectator would be ruinous. It would set back the ties further, derail an ongoing tournament, and harden Indian attitudes on playing Pakistan anywhere at all, asserts Shekhar Gupta.
In the bowlers' list, Jhulan Goswami at fifth position is the lone Indian in top-10, while Deepti Sharma holds an identical slot in the all-rounder's category.
Shafali Verma (744 points) had grabbed the top spot at the end of the league stage of the just-concluded women's T20 World Cup in Australia which the hosts won for an unprecedented fifth time.
The ICC is now expected to announce the final schedule of the event with Pakistan expected to host 9 to 10 matches.
Ravichandran Ashwin won the ICC men's Player of the Month for February 2021, following his impressive performances in India's Test series victory against England.
An Anna University girl student was allegedly sexually assaulted and a 37-year old man, who sells biryani on the pavement, has been arrested for the crime, police said on Wednesday.
England all-rounder Sarah Glenn closed in on compatriot Sophie Ecclestone after a fine show in the first match of their three-T20I series against India.
Forgettable Sunday for Indian cricket as men, women and U-19 sides suffer defeats
The start of the journey to the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2022 was scheduled to begin with the European Regional Qualifier in Denmark between July 24 and 30. The ICC will consult participating members to figure when these events can be staged.
In a 16-member board, the candidate needs just nine votes from the directors to get elected.
Joe Root's century in vain as England were shown the door.
Sehwag, who accumulated 8,586 runs from 104 Tests at an average of 49.34 and also took 40 wickets during his Test career which spanned from 2001-2013, revealed the role of Zaheer Khan in his promotion as an opener.
Australia began their Women's T20 World Cup title defence on a resounding note
After receiving the championship trophy, the New Zealand team gathered together to sing a traditional Maori song in celebration.
Indian team has responsibility to take women's cricket ahead: Harmanpreet Kaur
Harmanpreet, who was the second highest run-maker during the recently concluded ICC Women's World T20 event, gained three slots to reach the third position.
Amitabh Bachchan has very rightly said, "until you loose, you shall never know the joy of victory."
India skipper Mithali Raj was on Tuesday joined at the top by South Africa opener Lizelle Lee, whose unbeaten 91 in the opening match against the West Indies helped her take joint-first position in the latest ICC women's ODI rankings.
'Decline of the UN did not start with the Trump administration. It has been happening over the last two decades or more.'
Jhulan inspired many women to take up sport, says Virat Kohli
India to tour Sri Lanka in July-August, 2024 for six-match white-ball series
Indian women's team was also scheduled to tour England for the tri-series (also involving SA) but it had pulled out due to the health crisis in their own country.
'It shouldn't be that we travel to India and they don't come to our country. Idea is to settle it once and for all on equal terms.'
Smriti Mandhana, on Friday, rose three rungs to fourth but Jemimah Rodrigues dropped to seventh in the latest ICC women's T20 International rankings
India will open their campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan in the Women's ODI World Cup, starting in New Zealand on March 4.
India batter Mithali Raj moved up a rung to second spot, overtaking Australian Lisa Sthalekar, in the ICC Women's ODI Player rankings issued on Friday. Mithali scored 59 against England and 75 not out against Sri Lanka in the ongoing ICC Women's World Cup group stage matches to guide them into the Super Six stage.
Given the prevailing circumstances between the two nations, the Indian cricket board will wait for a government's directive as they have already informed the matter much in advance.
Mithali Raj dropped a place to seventh but star opener Smriti Mandhana moved up to ninth position
