Deepti Sharma moves to number two spot among bowlers, maintains fourth spot in all-rounders list: ICC Rankings

In the most recent update released on Tuesday, Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma strengthened her position as number four in the T20I all-rounder rankings and rose four spots to take the top spot in the T20I Women’s Bowling Rankings. In the action of the week, Deepti (723 rating points) barely managed to surpass Nonkululeko Mlaba (722) of South Africa with figures of 2/24 and 2/22 in her two meetings with Australia. Along with her bowling exploits, she scored 30, which put her at an all-rounder rating of 381 according to ICC, 17 points behind third-place Ashleigh Gardner (398).

After taking three wickets in the two games, Georgia Wareham moved up 15 spots to 28th place (571), further down the rankings. Titas Sadhu rose 50 places to 92nd (358), becoming the only player in the series to match Deepti’s four-wicket total. Alyssa Healy, the new permanent captain of Australia, broke back into the top 10 on the batting side of the player rankings, surpassing her countrymate Gardner with a rating of 636. With two innings of work and 77 runs scored, Smriti Mandhana maintained her fourth-place ranking, while Ellyse Perry moved up two spots to 19th (590) thanks to her middle-order efforts.

Phoebe Litchfield, a nominee for the ICC Emerging Women’s Cricketer of the Year award, shot up 26 spots to 52nd in the batting rankings (440) after scoring 49 (32) and 18* (12) in the two T20Is. There were slight changes in all three disciplines as a result of the Tuesday update counting the final ODI between the two teams. The most notable move came from Megan Schutt, who went from being ranked second on the bowling rankings (672) to third place with a rating of 746, a considerable distance behind Sophie Ecclestone. Schutt scored 2/23 from six overs.

In the batting rankings, Phoebe Litchfield moved up nine spots to 23rd, while Georgia Wareham, a leg-spinner, moved up six spots to 12th (565) with her 3/23 (6.4). Shreyanka Patil of India moved up 66 spots to 309 rating points in the 62nd position following her three-wicket haul.