ICC T20 Rankings: In the latest ICC Rankings released on Tuesday, India’s standout opener Shafali Verma kept the top spot among women’s T20 batters.
Meanwhile New Zealand’s Sophie Devine became the new joint top-ranked all-rounder.
At 371 points, Devine is tied for first place with Natalie Sciver of England.
Kathryn Bryce of Scotland is in third place with 327 points.
Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma’s opening partner, is ranked third in the ICC Women’s T20 International Rankings, which were revised on Tuesday.
Deepti is in fourth place with 321 rating points, followed by Ellyse Perry (301) of Australia and Hayley Matthews (292) of the West Indies.
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Stafanie Taylor, the West Indies all-rounder, has slid three places to sixth in the rankings.
Chamari Athapaththu of Sri Lanka (265), Salma Khatun of Bangladesh (261) and Nida Dar of Pakistan (258) round out the top ten.
Sophie shone in the third Twenty20 International against England at Hove, scoring 50 runs and taking 2/26.
This has also allowed her to leapfrog England’s Natalie Sciver to become the joint top-ranked all-rounder.
Sophie also moved up one spot in the batting order to No. 5.
Shafali has a 759 rating, while Beth Mooney from Australia has a 744 rating. Smriti has a 716 rating.
Sophie Ecclestone of England leads the bowling standings with 778 points.
With 703 points, Deepti Sharma is the top Indian, while colleague Poonam Yadav is ninth with 670 points.
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