Shafali, Renuka close in on top five in ICC T20I rankings
Shafali has advanced four places among batsmen whereas Renuka went up eight spots on the bowlers’ charts
India’s opening batsman Shafali Verma and swing bowler Renuka Singh have moved up to sixth spots in the ICC’s T20I batting and bowling rankings respectively.
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Shafali is the leading scorer in the ongoing bilateral series against Sri Lanka by a distance, her 236 runs almost twice as many as second-highest scorer Smriti Mandhana’s 120. Renuka is also the leading wicket-taker, her four wickets level with team-mates Deepti Sharma, Vaishnavi Sharma and Shree Charani.
Shafali went up four spots with back-to-back scores of 69, 79 and 79 in the second, third and fourthT20Is. Renuka, meanwhile, climbed eight places to reach the joint-sixth position along with South Africa’s Nonkululeoka Mlaba, particularly through her 4 for 21 in the third game of the series. Deepti leads the bowlers’ rankings after taking that position last week. Both Shafali and Renuka have also bagged one Player-of-the-Match award each in the series that India led 4-0, with the last match scheduled for Tuesday in Thiruvananthapuram.
If India win on Tuesday, this will be their third 5-0 series win in T20I s. They won by that score line in the West Indies in 2019 and in Bangladesh last year. Sri Lanka have, however, never before lost a T20I series 5-0.
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Star India opener Shafali Verma and fast bowler Renuka Singh Thakur have made big strides in the latest ICC women’s ratings. On the back of her stellar knocks in the ongoing T20I series against Sri Lanka, Verma has scaled four places from 10th to reach sixth in the latest updated T20I rankings for batsmen.
While Shafali has made a big jump in the batters’ chart, her compatriot Renuka has scaled eight places in the T20I bowlers’ rankings to secure a joint sixth place alongside South African spinner Nonkululeku Mlaba.
Shafali, Renuka star for India in series
Both Shafali and Renuka have been among the key performers for India in the five-game series against Sri Lanka. Shafali has scored a hat-trick of fifty, while Renuka put up a brilliant performance in the third T20I with a four-wicket haul.
Shafali scored an unbeaten 69 in the second T20I as the Ladies in Blue chased down 129 in Visakhapatnam. She was the Player of the Match in that clash. The opener made an unbeaten 79 in India’s 113-run chase against the Sri Lankan side in the third T20I before scoring 79 again in the fourth conflict as the Women in Blue scored 221/2, their highest-ever T20I score of all-time. Shafali has closed in on the World No.1 spot, currently held by Australia’s Beth Mooney. With 736 ratings to her name, she is only 60 ratings behind Mooney.
Meanwhile, Renuka was the Player of the Match in the third T20I as she set up India’s victory in Thiruvananthapuram with her four wickets. Her 4/21 helped India bowl Sri Lanka out for 112, which the hosts easily chased down.
Deepti Sharma stays the top-ranked bowler
Meanwhile, India’s star all-rounder Dipti Sharma continues to be the top-ranked T20I bowler in the world. She claimed the World No.1 spot for the first time last week after her feats in the first T20I against the Lankan side on December 21.
Sharma continued her strong run and picked up three wickets for 18 runs in the third T20I before going wicketless in the fourth clash. The 3/18 in the third game saw her retain her place at the top of the bowlers’ rankings, and she now has 738 rating points, one more than what she had last week.
Australia fast bowler Annabel Sutherland is hot on the heels in second with a rating of 736, followed by Pakistan’s Saadia Iqbal (732), Sophie Ecclestone (727) and Lauren Bell (714) rounding off the top five.
India star batsman Shafali Verma has received a significant boost as the youngest to climb to sixth place in the latest ICC Women’s T20I Batting Rankings on Tuesday, according to ICC.
The right-handed batsman gained a total of four places to move to sixth place on the updated list of Women’s T20I batting rankings following an outstanding show in the ongoing five-match T20I series against Sri Lanka on home soil.
The 21-year old Verma is the leading run-getter in the five-match T20I series against Sri Lanka. In four matches, the Indian opener has slammed 236 runs at an astonishing average of 118, along with three fifties. Verma is the only one to have broken the 200-run mark in the ongoing T20I series.
Her teammate and wicketkeeping-batter Richa Ghosh also climbed seven places to move to equal 20th in the updated list. This came after an unbeaten 40-run knock in the fourth T20I against Sri Lanka in Thiruvananthapuram.
Australian batsman Beth Mooney has retained her top spot with 794 rating points to her name. West Indies’ Hayley Matthews follows with 774 rating points.
Indian opener Smriti Mandhana, who breached the 10,000 international runs landmark during the fourthT20I against Sri Lanka, is slotted at third with 767 rating points.
In ICC Women’s T20I bowling ratings, Indian speedster Renuka Singh and spinner Shree Charani are the biggest beneficiaries.
The right-arm speedster Renuka, who gathered a four-wicket haul during the third T20I against Sri Lanka, gained eight places, and she moved to equal sixth on the updated list of bowlers.
Left-arm spinner Charani, who has skulled four wickets in the ongoing T20I series against Sri Lanka, has climbed 17 places to move to 52nd place on the bowling rankings.
Indian all-rounder Dipti Sharma retained her top spot with a 738 rating to her name. Additionally, the veteran all-rounder wants one more wicket in the upcoming fifthT20I against Sri Lanka to become the leading wicket-taker in women’s T20I cricket. Currently, Deepti has 151 wickets to her name, alongside Australia’s Megan Schutt, who has 151 wickets.
In Women’s T20I all-rounder ranking, West Indies star Hayley Matthews leads the chart with 505 rating points to her name. She was followed by New Zealand’s Amelia Kerr, who had 434 rating points. At three, Deepti is ranked with 387 rating points.
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