The ICC Women's T20 Player Rankings were launched in Colombo today. Mithali Raj was the best-placed Indian batter at number three while Jhulan Goswami was the country's highest-ranked bowler at second. Another Indian, Harpreet Kaur, was placed in the sixth spot in the batting list. England's Sarah Taylor was ranked number one batter while Lisa Sthalekar of Australia was revealed as the number-one ranked bowler. The launching ceremony took place just two days before the start of ICC Women's World Twenty20 in Galle on Wednesday. Commenting on the launch of the rankings, 23-year-old Sarah Taylor said it was great to hear about the introduction of Reliance ICC T20 Player Rankings for women. She described it another step forward for the women's game and said the move illustrated how more T20 cricket was being played.