Indian vice-captain Smriti Mandhana extended her reign at the top as her rating points crossed the 800-mark once again in the latest ICC rankings for women in the ODIs. Mandhana, after a poor start to her World Cup campaign, struck some important runs, returning with scores of 80 and 88 in the crucial World Cup games against Australia and England respectively. Mandhana had 809 rating points in her kitty and has created a fair distance between herself and England skipper Nat Sciver-Brunt in second place.
The other change in the top five was the Australian skipper Alyssa Healy moving up by one spot after consecutive centuries. Healy slammed a destructive 142 to single-handedly deflate the Indian team last week and followed it up with another ton, this time unbeaten, against Bangladesh to make a mockery of 199-run chase in the ongoing Women's World Cup. Healy found herself in the joint-third spot alongside compatriot Beth Mooney and her promotion meant that South African skipper Laura Wolvaardt lost her standing and cam down to fifth.
The major changes, however, were from spots 11-20 with quite a few players coming from behind, having improved their placements following good performances through the week. Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur climbed three spots to be on No 15 after her return to form against England with a run-a-ball 70 in Indore on Sunday.
Phoebe Litchfield, who also remained unbeaten during the 202-run chase against Bangladesh, moved to 17th spot with a rise of five places while former England captain Heather Knight with her maiden World Cup ton against India, found herself just one spot behind Litchfield, after making a big jump of 15 places.
Deepti gets back into the Top 5 among bowlers
Sri Lanka's Nilakshika Silva and Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma acquired the 19th and 20th spots respectively, after improving by eight and five places, respectively.
Deepti also went up to No 3 on the bowlers' list, following a four-wicket haul against England and is just behind Sophie Ecclestone and Ash Gardner on the list. Among bowlers, Pakistan trio of Rameen Shamim, captain Fatima Sana and left-arm spinner Sadia Iqbal all gained big. Iqbal and Fatima Sana both rose by five places each to find themselves in the joint-14th and 24th spots respectively while Shamim was in 46th spot after improvement by 10 places.
