India opener Smriti Mandhana has achieved a career-best 741 factors within the newest ICC rankings for ladies’s T20 International batsmen, launched on Tuesday.
Player of the match within the second T20I towards Australia, which resulted in a tie earlier than India received within the Super Over, gained 11 score factors to achieve the landmark. Australia’s Tahlia McGrath is the brand new No. 1 within the rankings after her spectacular efficiency within the first two matches of the continuing collection towards India in Mumbai.
The 27-year-old Australian scored unbeaten 40 and 70 to turn into the fourth Australian and twelfth batsman to high the ladies’s T20 rankings, surpassing compatriots Meg Lanning and Beth Mooney in addition to Mandhana.
Mooney had been on the high since August 3 this 12 months when she overtook Lanning. McGrath is No. 1 after simply 16 matches. The final girl to achieve the highest in fewer matches was Stafanie Taylor of the West Indies in 2010 (15 matches), whereas India opener Shafali Verma has been the quickest in recent times, reaching the highest rating after 18 matches.
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premiumTwo extra Indian batsmen, Shafali and Jemimah Rodrigues additionally characteristic within the checklist of top-10 T20I batsmen, with the previous gaining one place to be at sixth. In the T20I rankings for bowlers, India’s Deepti Sharma and Renuka Singh Thakur have maintained their third and fourth spots respectively, with England leg-spinner Sarah Glenn one place forward of compatriot Sophie Ecclestone.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
