Mandhana, who was the stand-in captain in place of regular skipper Harmanpreet Kaur in the three-match series against England, currently occupies the third spot in the batting chart with 698 points.

India's ODI skipper Mithali Raj was static at the fourth place with 713 points as the only other cricketer from the country in the top 10 batting list.

Smriti Mandhana, the top-ranked ODI batter who led the T20I side in the absence of Harmanpreet Kaur, scored 72 runs in the three matches, including a fifty in the third match.

The Indian women lost their sixth match on the trot in the T20 format after going down to England in the first two games of an ongoing series.

After winning the ODI series 2-1, Indian women lost momentum and subsequently conceded an unassailable 2-0 lead against England.

Mandhana said she doesn't regret electing to bowl first in the first match, despite the bowlers giving away too many runs.

India lost all their T20s in New Zealand after winning the ODI series and things seem to be heading in a similar direction against England.

The player won the cricketer of the year award for Women at ICC awards and she has said that it had a huge impact on her.

Smriti Mandhana, as a captain, couldn't guide the bowlers and under pressure kept changing the field after every other ball, which helped the visitors to comfortably post 160 for four.

Jhulan Goswami, who last held the top spot in February 2017, now has 730 points while Smriti Mandhana consolidated her position at the top with a career-best 797 points.

India struggled to 119 for six after Tammy Beaumont (62 off 57) and skipper Heather Knight (40 off 20) steered England to 160 for four in 20 overs.

Heather Knight hopes winning final ODI will give England momentum against India in T20I series

Smriti Mandhana, who has been vice-captain for two years, will don the captain's hat in the absence of Harmanpreet Kaur in the T20I series against England.

India have been doing well in the 50-over format but they have plenty to ponder about in the shortest form, having lost their previous series in New Zealand 0-3.

India had thrashed reigning World Champions England by 66 runs in the opening ODI and then followed it up with a dominating seven-wicket win in the second game.

In her absence, opener Smriti Mandhana has been named as the captain of the 15-member Indian women's squad which also includes ODI skipper Mithali Raj.

Smriti Mandhana scored 63 while Jhulan Goswami and Shikha Pandey grabbed four wickets each as India won the match by 7 wickets and took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

The quality of the competition can't be compromised and that is one of the reasons why a women's IPL can't be organised at the moment, reasons BCCI.

India women couldn't have asked for a better start to the series, defeating the current world champions England by 66 runs in the opener at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday.

Batting first, India folded for 202 in 49.4 overs but they returned to dismiss England for 136 to make a winning start to the series.