Jemimah Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh climb up in ICC T20I rankings

14.02.2023 - 13:35 timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Jemimah and Richa now occupied the 11th and 36th spots respectively in the batters' list. While Rodrigues has gained two rankings spots to move from 13th to 11th after her unbeaten 52, Ghosh is up from 42nd to 36th following her 31 not out.India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana, who missed the opener due to a finger injury, remains the top-ranked India in third place.

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Mandhana's opening partner Shafali Verma too remained static at the 10th place.Alyssa Healy's knock of 55 against New Zealand has lifted her two places to seventh while Sri Lanka's Chamari Athapaththu, who is the highest scorer in the tournament so far with 83 runs that includes a match-winning 68 in a memorable victory over South Africa, sees her gain one spot to reach ninth position.West Indies captain Hayley Matthews (up four places to 18th), Ireland's Gaby Lewis (up two places to 22nd) and Australia's Ellyse Perry (up four places to 25th) are the others to gain in the update, that considers performances in the first seven matches of the Women's T20 World Cup.Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof has advanced three slots to reach 30th position after her unbeaten 68.South Africa's Chloe-Tryon (up three places to 37th), England's Alice Capsey (up 13 places to 38th) and Sri Lanka's Harshitha Samarawickrama (up nine places to 43rd) have also made notable progress.In the bowling rankings, spinners Sophie Ecclestone of England and Nonkululeko

bowling Alyssa Healy Sophie Ecclestone Hayley Matthews Bismah Maroof Smriti Mandhana Chamari Athapaththu Alice Capsey Australia South Africa Ireland New Zealand India Cape Town Sri Lanka Pakistan

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