Indian Women Cricket team's splendid performance in the just-concluded World Cup has helped improve the rankings of many of its batters and bowlers. Riding on her stellar batting performances Harmanpreet Kaur today broke into the top 10 of the ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings. Kaur is now the second India batter to feature in the top after Mithali Raj, who is ranked second – 10 points behind Australia captain Meg Lanning. Apart from Kaur, Poonam Raut has gained five slots to reach 14th position. Veda Krishnamurthy has reach her career-best 26th position. Among bowlers, world's leading ODI wicket-taker Jhulan Goswami has gained four slots to reach second position. Goswami's new-ball partner Shikha Pandey (up one place to 12th) and leg-spinner Poonam (up six places to a career-best 28th) are other India bowlers to move up. As for the ICC Women's Team Rankings, which take into account both ODIs and T20Is, there was no change in positions with Australia retaining top spot at 128 points. England has gained one point to reach 125 in second position, while New Zealand and India remain on 118 and 113 points, respectively. The West Indies (105), South Africa (93), Pakistan (73) and Sri Lanka (67) follow.
News On AIR | July 25, 2017 7:53 PM