Cricket ICC has released the latest rankings of women cricketers. Smriti Mandhana is still in the top 3 in the new rankings. But his position is now under threat from his own teammate. We are talking about Shefali Verma, who has made a tremendous jump of 4 places in the new ranking. This leap of Shefali is the result of her excellent performance in the T20 series against Sri Lanka.
Shefali got the reward for scoring 236 runs
Shafali Verma has scored the most runs in the first 4 matches of the 5 T20 series against Sri Lanka. She is the first batsman to cross the 200-run mark in the series. Shefali has scored 236 runs in the first 4 matches of the series with an average of 118 and strike rate of 185.82. During this period he scored 3 half-centuries. Whereas 36 fours and 5 sixes came from his bat.
Shefali becomes a threat to Smriti?
Shefali Verma was earlier at 10th position in the ICC T20 rankings for women batsmen. But in the new ranking, she has now reached sixth place by jumping 4 places. Shefali Verma has 736 rating points. Whereas Smriti Mandhana, who is at number 3, has 767 rating points. That means, the distance between Smriti and Shefali is 31 points.
3 Indian batsmen in top 10
There are 3 Indian players in the top ICC T20 rankings for women batsmen, apart from Smriti and Shefali, there is also Jemimah. Jemimah Rodriguez has slipped from 9th to 10th in the new rankings. His rating point is 643. Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur remains at 15th position with 615 rating points as before.
Australia’s Beth Mooney World No. 1
Australia’s Beth Mooney is at number one in the ICC T20 rankings for women batsmen. His rating point is 794 runs. At the same time, Hayley Mathews of West Indies has become the second batsman with 774 rating points.
