By Admin 
ICC Rankings: Another proud moment has come for Indian women’s cricket. All-rounder Deepti Sharma has become number-1 in the ICC Women’s T20 International bowling rankings for the first time. In the latest ranking, she has achieved this position leaving Australia’s Annabel Sutherland behind. At the same time, India’s star player Smriti Mandhana has suffered a loss in the batting rankings and has lost the top position.
Deepti Sharma’s historic number-1 journey
Deepti Sharma bowled brilliantly in the first T20 match played against Sri Lanka in Visakhapatnam. He took one wicket for just 20 runs in his four overs. India won this match by eight wickets. Deepti got the benefit of this economical performance in the ranking and she got five rating points. With this, she became the world’s number-1 T20I bowler by just one point ahead of Annabel Sutherland. This is considered to be one of the biggest personal achievements of Deepti’s career so far.
Stir in the ranking of Indian bowlers
Apart from Deepti, India’s Arundhati Reddy has also gained in ranking. After his performance against Sri Lanka, he has jumped five places to reach 36th position. It is clear from this that the bowling unit of the Indian women’s team is continuously getting stronger.
Shock to Smriti Mandhana in ODI ranking
At the same time, Smriti Mandhana has lost the number-1 crown in ODI batting rankings. South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt has again regained the top position after performing brilliantly in the home series against Ireland. He scored centuries in the last two matches of the series and South Africa won the series 3-0.
Jemima’s big advantage in T20 batting
Jemimah Rodrigues was the biggest gainer among Indian players in T20I batting rankings. After scoring an unbeaten half-century and becoming ‘Player of the Match’ against Sri Lanka, she has moved up five places to number nine. Three Indian batsmen are present in the top-10 – Smriti Mandhana is at third place, Jemima is at ninth place and Shefali Verma is at tenth place.
Other players also got benefit
South Africa’s Sune Luus also jumped seven places in ODI batting and 11 places in all-rounder ranking on the basis of her all-round performance. At the same time, Ireland’s Arlene Kelly, Gabby Lewis and Amy Hunter have also improved their ranking.