Dubai, Jul 15 (PTI) – In the latest ICC Women's T20I rankings released on Tuesday, India's dynamic opener Shafali Verma made a significant return to the top-10 among batters.
Following her outstanding performance in the recently concluded T20I series against England, where Shafali amassed 176 runs at an impressive strike rate of 158.56, she ascended four places to secure the ninth spot with 655 points.
Meanwhile, Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana remains India's highest-ranked player, sitting firmly at the third position, while middle-order batter Jemimah Rodrigues slipped two places, dropping to the 14th position.
Arundhati Reddy, a pivotal figure in India's historic 3-2 series triumph, climbed four places to 39th in the bowling rankings and surged 26 places to 80th among all-rounders.
Veteran off-spinner Deepti Sharma has dropped one place to third in the bowling rankings, while left-arm spinner Radha Yadav has advanced three spots to claim the 15th position.
On the England side, several players made noteworthy progress. Charlie Dean, who delivered a 'player of the match' performance in the final game of the series, broke into the top-10 in the bowling rankings, leaping eight spots to share the sixth place with Nashra Sandhu and Georgia Wareham.
Linsey Smith has also made notable gains, moving up nine places to 38th position, whereas pacer Issy Wong climbed seven places to 50th. Emily Arlott displayed improvement, advancing 15 places to reach 67th.
England's top scorer Sophia Dunkley made valuable contributions with scores of 22 and 46 in the last two games, resulting in a rise of seven spots to 19th in the batting rankings. Meanwhile, Tammy Beaumont continued her excellent form, ascending 19 places to secure the 45th spot.
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