India women's cricket team scripted history in the just concluded Commonwealth Games 2022 and clinched silver medal after defeat at the hands of Australia. Riding on their superb performances in the Birmingham CWG, the Indian women's cricketers have made a significant jumps in the ICC T20I rankings.
Renuka Singh and Jemimah Rodrigues were among the India's star cricketers who surged in the T20I standing.
Indian pacer Renuka Singh has stormed to the 18th spot in the ICC Women's T20I Rankings for bowlers after finishing as the top wicket-taker in the CWG. Renuka's 11 wickets have rewarded her with a top 20 entry for the first time. She made a climb of 10 spots after this performance.
Meanwhile, Smriti Mandhana dropped two spots to fourth while Shafali Verma slipped to sixth. Deepti Sharma gained two slots to reach the 36th position in the batters list. Among bowlers, left-arm spinners Radha Yadav moved up to 14th.
Also, Australian opening batter Beth Mooney has regained the top spot for batters in the ICC Women's T20I Player Rankings after losing it to her captain Meg Lanning just a couple of weeks back.
Jemimah's robust jump
Jemimah Rodrigues's return to form saw her score 146 runs in Birmingham, helping her gain seven spots and return into the top 10 batters for the first time since October 2021.
England may have missed out on a medal, but their bowlers occupy the top three spots in the bowling rankings. Fast bowler Katherine Brunt has swapped places with Sarah Glenn and is up to second, her highest position for 11 years. Left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone continues to be at the top with a good lead of 34 rating points over Brunt.
South Africa batters Anneke Bosch (up five places to 20th) and Tazmin Brits (up six places to 22nd) are others to gain big among batters while Pakistan's Javeria Khan and India's Deepti Sharma have gained two slots each to reach 32nd and 36th positions, respectively.
Fast bowlers Shabnim Ismail of South Africa and Megan Schutt of Australia have moved up two places each to grab fourth and fifth positions in the bowlers' list. Left-arm spinners Nonkululeko Mlaba of South Africa and Radha Yadav of India are up to eighth and 14th places, respectively.
In other movements, New Zealand's Haley Jensen has galloped 31 slots to take 13th position while Australia's Ashleigh Gardner (22nd) and South Africa's Nadine de Klerk (28th) have also made significant movement.
Gardner starred with both bat (96 runs at a strike rate of 137.14) and ball (five wickets at an economy rate of 4.20) and is up into second place among all-rounders, only behind Sophie Devine, who captained New Zealand to the bronze medal.
