India's President Droupadi Murmu congratulated the Indian U-19 Women's T20 team after they beat England in the final of the World Cup on Sunday to clinch the inaugural title
Raj, who has 738 rating points to her kitty, is behind Lizelle Lee (761) of South Africa and Alyssa Healy (750) of Australia as there was no change in the top-10 batters from the previous rankings.
India's probables for the women's T20 World Cup, as well as the squad for the Australia tri-series will be announced on Sunday.
Deepti Sharma returned with figures of 4/8 from four overs against South Africa.
Mandhana is not just known for her stylish strokeplay anymore, she has added much-needed power to her game to meet the demands of the modern game.
England were gasping at 11 for 4 before Heather Knight struck an unbeaten 64 off 86 balls and lifted the team out of the rut and guided it past the finish line in the 38th over in a practise game.
While India's three-match T20 series against New Zealand starts in Wellington on Wednesday, it is still not clear whether Mithali will be a part of the playing XI.
The Indian women's team put behind off-field controversies by making a superb start to the three-ODI rubber -- which is part of the ICC Women's Championship series.
The selectors have reposed their faith on Mithali who retained her place in the T20 squad and captaincy for next month's tour to New Zealand.
The New Zealand tour will be the team's first assignment after its controversial exit from the World T20 last month when it lost to England in the semi-finals.
The BCCI appointed former India batsmen WV Raman as the new India women's head coach despite Gary Kirsten being the top choice for the job.
The high-profile short-list which will be interviewed by an ad-hoc panel comprising ex-India players Kapil Dev, Anshuman Gaekwad and Shantha Rangaswamy.
Although it was a call made by the team management, retired pacer Jhulan Goswami admits that she 'felt bad' on seeing Mithali benched before the crunch clash against England.
England Women first bundled India Women for a low total of 112 and then chased it down comfortably with the help of Sciver and Jones fifties.
India thus notched up their fourth victory in as many match to top group B. They will now take on either England or West Indies in the second semifinals.
A clinical performance by India see off Australia in style as the Indian eves win the last group match by 49 runs as the spinners once again got the better hand of Australia.
After managing 145 for 6 on a slow track, Indian spinners maintained tight leash on Irish women restricting them to 93 for 8 in 20 overs, securing them a spot in the last four of the tournament.
The Indian eves put up another clinical performance as Mithali's fifty and spinners helped India demolish Ireland by 52 runs to make their way to the semifinals of the ICC Women's World T20.
The veteran pacer also said that there were positives in the performance of young players like Pooja Vastrakar and all-rounder Anuja Patil.
The women in blue won 2-1 against South Africa in a three-match ODI series held in the Rainbow Nation before being blanked 3-0 by Australia at home.
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