Smriti Mandhana strikes as much as sixth, Harmanpreet Kaur drops to eighth in ICC Ladies’s ODI rankings | Cricket Information – Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: Ace Indian batter Smriti Mandhana has moved up a spot to quantity six, whereas her captain Harmanpreet Kaur has dropped to the eighth place within the newest ICC ladies’s ODI rankings launched on Wednesday.
Mandhana now has 704 ranking factors, whereas Harmanpreet, who moved two spots down, has 702.
Among the many Indian gamers, left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad holds the ninth place within the bowlers’ rankings, whereas all-rounder Deepti Sharma occupies the seventh spot within the all-rounders’ rankings. Each gamers have moved down a spot of their respective classes.
In the meantime, Australia’s Beth Mooney has reclaimed the highest spot within the ODI batters rankings, displacing Sri Lankan Chamari Athapaththu, whose reign lasted for under two weeks.
Mooney’s spectacular performances within the first two ODIs in opposition to England, with scores of 81 not out and 33, contributed to Australia’s Ashes victory within the second match of the collection.

England’s Nat Sciver-Brunt has moved up two spots to No. 2, carefully following Mooney. Sciver-Brunt achieved a career-best ranking of 763 and has been efficient with each bat and ball. She performed an important function in England’s victory within the first ODI, the place she notched two wickets.
Sciver-Brunt’s excellent all-round performances have additionally propelled her to the highest of the all-rounders’ rankings in ODIs, with a career-best ranking of 402. Her contributions with each bat and ball have been instrumental in her rise to the top of the all-rounders’ rankings as soon as once more.

Heather Knight performed the finisher’s function to perfection within the first ODI, taking her crew house with an unbeaten 75 whereas batting with the decrease order. The England captain has been rewarded with a four-place bounce to No.14 within the batters’ rankings, the place she sits equal with New Zealand’s Sophie Devine.
Australia ace all-rounder Ash Gardner continued to shine with good outings with bat and ball. With a mixed 54 runs and three wickets in every of the primary two ODIs, Gardner has surged to career-best rankings within the checklist for bowlers’ (up 4 locations to No.eight with 631 ranking factors) and all-rounders (up two locations to No.5 with 330 ranking factors).
(With PTI inputs)