ICC Women's T20I player rankings: Deepti Sharma rises to second position

Digital Desk: The International Cricket Council (ICC) released the most recent rankings for women's Twenty20 international bowling on Tuesday. Renuka Singh Thakur, a right-arm fast bowler, has risen to the tenth position, while India's Deepti Sharma, an all-rounder, has moved up to equal second place. 

Now, Deepti shares the second spot with Sadia Iqbal, a left-arm off-spinner from Pakistan. The fact that South African spinner Nonkululeko Mlaba dropped from second to fifth position after taking just one wicket in two matches against Australia was a major factor in Deepti's ascent.

England's Sophie Ecclestone is still the world's best T20I bowler. Deepti continued to occupy fourth position in the rankings of the top ten all-rounders, which stayed the same in the interim.

Among all Indian players, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana was ranked fourth in the batting rankings. Shafali Verma, Harmanpreet Kaur, and Jemimah Rodrigues remained ranked 13th, 16th, and 17th, respectively.

Australia's star hitter Beth Mooney passed her countrymate Tahlia McGrath at the top of the T20I batting rankings after a fantastic performance against South Africa.

After hitting 24 and 23 in Australia's T20I series opener against South Africa, McGrath holds the second-place position. 

Meanwhile, Proteas captain Laura Wolvaardt, who was named Player of the Match in the series' second game, moves up to a new career-high rating.

With their impressive performances in their ongoing series against Zimbabwe, Amy Hunter and Gaby Lewis of Ireland are gaining ground on the revised T20I batters rankings. Hunter, in particular, has jumped 21 spots to equal 18th and set a new career-high rating after scoring unbroken knocks of 101* and 77* in several matches.

Ireland skipper Laura Delany moves up three spots to 14th in the all-rounder rankings, while teenager Kelis Ndhlovu of Zimbabwe moves up five spaces to 17th after scoring fifty runs in the team's second match against Ireland.