Jemimah Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh celebrate after India’s victory over Pakistan in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup at Newlands Stadium on February 12, 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa. , Photo Credit: Getty Images
India’s Jemimah Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh have moved up to 11th and 36th positions respectively among batsmen in the ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings released on Tuesday.
Both proceeded after guidance India win over Pakistan in Women’s T20 World Cup Opening batsman.
While Rodricks has moved from 13th to 11th his unbeaten 52Ghosh has moved from 42nd to 36th position after scoring 31 not out.
Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana, who missed the opener due to a finger injury, continues to top the number three spot.
Mandhana’s opening partner Shefali Verma also remained at the 10th position.
Alyssa Healy’s 55 against New Zealand has seen her move up two places to seventh, while Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu, who is the leading run-scorer in the tournament so far with 83 runs, has had a memorable win over South Africa. The victory also included a match-winning innings of 68 runs. She has reached the ninth position with an increase of one place.
West Indies captain Hayley Matthews (up four places to 18th), Ireland’s Gabby Lewis (up two places to 22nd) and Australia’s Ellyse Perry (up four places to 25th) are the other players to have benefited from the update, Which considering the performance in the first seven. Women’s T20 World Cup matches.
Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof has moved up three places to reach 30th position after scoring an unbeaten 68.
South Africa’s Chloe-Tryon (up three places to 37th), England’s Ellyse Capsey (up 13 places to 38th) and Harshita Samarawickrama of Sri Lanka (up nine places to 43rd) have also made notable progress.
In the bowling rankings, England spinner Sophie Ecclestone and South Africa’s Nonkululeko Mlaba have consolidated their position as the top two.
Ecclestone, who is the leading wicket-taker in the tournament with six wickets, has moved from 763 to 776 rating points, while Mlaba has gained 17 rating points to reach 770 rating points.
Meanwhile, Ashley Gardner has jumped seven places to sixth after winning the ‘Player of the Match’ award for her five-for-12 haul against New Zealand.
She remains the top-ranked all-rounder in the format while Hayley Matthews and New Zealand’s Amelia Kerr have gained one place each to reach the third and fourth spots.
England leg-spinner Sarah Glenn has moved up to the third spot while former Sri Lanka captain Inoka Ranaweera has jumped 11 places to reach the 10th spot.
Fran Jones, Alana King, Amelia Kerr, Darcy Brown, Nashara Sandhu and Oshadi Ranasinghe are among others making progress.