Mithali Raj Back On Top Of MRF Tyres ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings

Mithali Raj Back On Top Of MRF Tyres ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings

Mithali Raj, India skipper, has reclaimed her spot because the favorite batter on the MRF Tyres ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings.

West Indies players Dottin, Mohammed move up; Pakistan’s Omaima Sohail attains career-best 36th position after a string of excellent efforts with the bat

Mandhana at a career-best equalling third position among batters in T20I rankings; England’s Brunt in top-10 for bowlers

India batting star Mithali Raj is back at the highest of the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings, the ninth time she is favorite among batters since first occupying the spot quite 16 years ago after West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor slipped to the fifth position.

In Tuesday’s weekly update, which takes under consideration performances within the last three matches of the five-match series between the West Indies and Pakistan that Taylor’s side won 3-2, the West Indies captain has lost 30 points after scoring 49 and 21 within the twice she batted.

Taylor who had reclaimed the amount one position last week courtesy of her unbeaten century within the first match of the series has also lost her top position among all-rounders to Australia’s Ellyse Perry and slipped three places among bowlers after going wicketless within the three matches.

Deandra Dottin (up three places to 25th), Kyshona Knight (up 11 places to 42nd), and Britney Cooper (up 22 places to 81st) are the batters to maneuver up the rankings for the West Indies while off-spinner Anisa Mohammed’s six wickets see her advance three places to 23rd among bowlers. Hayley Matthew (up two places to 32nd) and Chinelle Henry (up 14 places to 67th) have also moved up that list.

For Pakistan, Omaima Sohail’s many 62, 61, and 34 have helped her jump 19 places to a career-best 36th position while Sidra Ameen (up to five places to 62nd) and Muneeba Ali (up 20 places to 68th) have made progress among batters. 

Left-arm spinner Anam Amin has advanced 12 places to 48th among bowlers and Fatima Sana, who grabbed a five-wicket haul within the last match, is up 19 places to 66th within the list led by Australia left-arm spinner Jess Jonnasen.

In the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings, India’s left-handed opener Smriti Mandhana has attained a career-best equalling the third position after slamming a fine 70 within the final match of their series against England, the sole match played within the format over the past week.

In other gains for India players, Deepti Sharma has inched up one spot to 36th position and teenaged wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh has moved up nine spots to 72nd position among batters.

England opener Danielle Wyatt’s match-winning 89 not out has lifted her four places to 17th position among batters while Katherine Brunt is within the top 10, gaining four slots to succeed in the seventh position after accounting for openers Mandhana and Shafali Verma. Natalie Sciver has moved up five places to joint-17th among bowlers.

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