Mandhana is leading the pack with 774 rating points ahead of Australia pair of Ellyse Perry and Meg Lanning.
Mignon du Preez scored a valiant 90 as South Africa pulled off a consolation seven-wicket win over India to go down 1-2 in the three-match series, which was part of the ICC Women's ODI Championship.
Smriti Mandhana is just the fourth women's player and first Indian woman to score a ton in both ODIs and Tests.
Images from the ICC Women's ODI World Cup match between India and New Zealand in Hamilton on Thursday.
Mere Pyare Prime Minister had a special screening.
India's captain Mithali Raj says youngsters like Shafali Verma and Richa Ghosh have shown that they have the ability to compete at the highest level and the last few series have helped the team figure out its composition ahead of women's ODI World Cup next month.
The fast-rising Jemimah Rodrigues starred with the bat, after India's spinners wreaked havoc, to set up a series-clinching seven-wicket win over the West Indies in a low-scoring third women's T20 International, in Providence, Guyana, on Thursday.
The Southern Stars from Australia reasserted their supremacy with a comprehensive 60-run victory against Indian women
India's limited overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma has been nominated for the prestigious 'Khel Ratna', the BCCI announced on Saturday, acknowledging the prolific batsman's stupendous performance in the 2019 ODI World Cup. In the women's category, all-rounder Deepti Sharma was BCCI's pick for the Arjuna for her consistent show in both ODIs and T20Is in the past three years.
Sports Minister hands over trophies to 2020 National Sports Awards winners
Persistent rain meant even the toss could not take place. The game was supposed to start at 7 pm local time but after inspecting the conditions at 7:30 pm, the umpires decided to call off the game.
Shafali Verma has leapfrogged Australia's Beth Mooney with scores of 23 and 47.
It's high time we took fashion lessons from her.
Rohit hit an unprecedented five hundreds in a single edition of the World Cup last year and had a great run last year.
A desperate Indian women's team would aim to snap its five-match losing streak in the second T20 International against England, in Guwahati, on Thursday.
India in their allotted 50-overs posted a target of 192 for the hosts. West Indies got off to a bad start
Taylor's all-round show helps West Indies claim one-run win over India
Mandhana, who has 755 points, slipped to the number two spot after she missed India's recently concluded ODI series
After winning the ODI series 2-1, Indian women lost momentum and subsequently the T20 series.
India's women's cricket team coach Ramesh Powar says going forward he may try something new or bring in new players.
Satish Gangwar tells us how he found his lady love Deepti.
The Indian women's cricket team continued its unbeaten run at the ICC World Cup Qualifiers by advancing to the final with a seven-wicket victory over arch-rivals Pakistan, in Colombo, on Sunday.
Will Smith, who had once portrayed the irreverent Muhammad Ali with such aplomb, brings the character of Richard Williams alive. The accent, the dialect, the body-language and the ever-present chip on the shoulder, observes Deepti Patwardhan.
Bangladesh took full advantage of a complacent India as they recorded a comfortable seven-wicket victory in the Women's Asia Cup T20 competition, in Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday.
'...and give awards to such performances.'
The film, Shreyas Talpade's first home production, opened in theatres today.
England's players resorted to "constant sledging" to disturb Sneh Rana and company, but the Indians maintained their composure to pull off a thrilling draw in the just-concluded women's one-off Test in Bristol.
On a high after two easy victories on the trot, including one against defending champions Australia, India will aim to inch closer to a semi-final berth when it takes on New Zealand in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup, in Melbourne, on Thursday.
Images from ICC women's T20 World Cup match between India and Bangladesh, in Perth, on Monday.
Images from the women's T20 World Cup match between India and New Zealand in Melbourne, on Thursday.
Images from ICC Women's T20 World Cup opener between Australia and India in Sydney on Friday.
The White Ferns chased down the target in 29.2 overs to register a morale-boosting win.
Opener Smriti Mandhana's 37-ball 66 went in vain as Australia beat India by 11 runs to win the Tri-Nation Women's T20 Series in Melbourne on Wednesday. Set a target of 156, India were bowled out for 144.
India captain Mithali Raj's excellent show in the three-match series against England has helped her grab the No.1 position in the MRF Tyres ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings for the eighth time in her stellar 22-year international career.
Meet the love of Anil Kapoor's life... Arjun remembers his mother...
England Women register a five-wicket win over India Women and grab an unassailable 2-0 lead
India women couldn't have asked for a better start to the series, defeating World champions England by 66 runs in the opener at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday.
The hosts cannot afford to take England lightly, as the visiting team boasts of some of the big names in women's cricket.
'Till the time my body allows, I will continue to do so, and by God's grace after that as well'
Foreign brokerage firm CLSA initiated coverage on the stock with a Sell rating and target price of Rs 1,095, citing hefty premium valuation.
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