Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma were the standout Indian players in the ICC women’s rankings. The board recently updated the latest women’s rankings and the two Indian cricketers have gained big.
Smriti Mandhana has reclaimed the number one-spot in the ICC ODI women’s rankings for batters. Mandhana is topping the list followed by South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt and the newly appointed England white-ball skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt. They are the top three batters, followed by Elysse Perry, Amy Jones and Alyssa Healy as the next three.
Meanwhile, India’s veteran all-rounder Deepti Sharma is ranked fourth in the list of ICC ODI bowlers. Sophie Ecclestone is leading the rankings, followed by Ash Gardner and Meghan Schutt.
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Smriti, Deepti Shining Bright For India
Deepti is also in the top five of the updated women’s all-rounders list. Ash Gardner is leading this list, followed by Hayley Matthews, Marizanne Kapp and Deepti Sharma. Deepti is the leading run-getter in the ongoing series against England women with 92 runs in two matches. She took nine wickets in the recently concluded T20I series and also scored some handy runs with the bat. She scored an unbeaten 62 runs off 64 balls to take India to a win
Talking about the women’s ODI team rankings, Australia is leading the list followed by England in the second position and India third. England and India women are currently playing a white-ball series. India won the T20I series, which was closely fought while the ODI series is level at 1-1 heading into the decider at Chester-le-Street on July 22.
Indian spinner Sneh Rana who has taken three wickets in the first two games, spoke ahead of the decider on Tuesday. She spoke about following the process heading into this crucial encounter.
"See it's always easy to go with the process. If you think too much about the future, you will not be able to perform in the present. So the mind always remains in the present - what is the situation here, how are you going to perform and what are the plans - these are the things we prepare for. We are taking one game at a time. We aren't thinking too much about the future. Obviously the World Cup is coming up, it is an important year but we're thinking about what we're working on in the present, if we're able to execute or not, that is important" Rana said.
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