ICC Women’s ODI Batting Ranking: Indian women’s team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana has achieved the first position in the ICC Women’s ODI Rankings on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 and has become the best batsman in the world, leaving behind South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt. This week, Smriti Mandhana’s rating point remained at 811, while Wolvaardt’s rating has decreased from 814 to 806. Due to this, Mandhana has become the number one batsman in the ranking of ODI batsmen. At the same time, there has been no change in this top-10 ranking except the first 2 positions.

Who is in the top-10 in ICC women’s ODI rankings?

After Smriti Mandhana and Laura Wolvaardt at first and second position, Ashley Gardner and Nate Sciver-Brunt are at third and fourth position respectively. Beth Mooney is at number five, while Alyssa Healy is at number six. Sophie Devine and Elise Parry are jointly at seventh position and Hayley Matthews is at ninth position. At the same time, Jemimah Rodriguez is at number ten and is the second Indian player in the list of top-10 batsmen in the women’s ODI rankings.

Sune Luce jumped 5 places

Many players from South Africa and Ireland have also got big benefits in the latest ICC Women’s ODI Rankings. The South African team won the first ODI match of the series played between South Africa and Ireland in East London by 7 wickets. Chasing Ireland’s target of 210 runs, the Proteas team won in just 37 overs. In this match, Sune Luus and Miane Smit played an important role in helping the team win by scoring half-centuries. Due to Sune Luus’s brilliant performance, she has gained five places in the ranking of ODI batsmen and has reached number 31.

On the other hand, South African captain Laura Wolvaardt could score only 31 runs in this match, which affected her ranking and she has slipped from the first position to the second position.