Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma make significant jumps in ICC rankings

Several Indian players have advanced in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings after some fine contributions helping India take a 2-0 lead against Sri Lanka in the ICC Women’s Championship (IWC) series being played in Pallekele.

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All-rounder Deepti Sharma and opener Shafali Verma have made significant improvements to their positions in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s ODI Player Rankings after helping India take a 2-0 lead against Sri Lanka in the ICC Women’s Championship (IWC) series being played in Pallekele.

Sharma, who grabbed three for 25 and scored an unbeaten 22 to win the Player of the Match award in the first ODI, has moved up two places to 29th position among batters and three slots to 16th among bowlers. In the rankings for all-rounders, she has gained 20 rating points to reach within one point of Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner, who is sixth in the list.

Verma, who is leading the run aggregate in the series with 106 runs including an unbeaten 71 in the second match, is up 12 places to a career-best 36th among batters. She is currently ranked fifth in T20Is but has been ranked No.1 in that format in the past.

Other Indians to move up the batters’ list are Pooja Vastrakar (up three places to 61st), Rajeshwari Gayakwad (up four places to 93rd) and Meghna Singh (up seven places to 100th). They have all also moved up the bowlers’ list – Gayakwad from 12th to 11th, Meghna from 58th to 47th and Vastrakar from 57th to 50th.