Indian spinner Radha Yadav has made a big jump in the latest ICC Women’s T20 rankings, thanks to her splendid performance in the recently completed T20I series against Sri Lanka.
The left-arm spinner has moved to the 13th spot, making a 7th spot jump in the latest released list of rankings by ICC.
Radha bagged four wickets in the 3-match T20I series, which India won by 2-1.
Sri Lankan skipper also gains big in the latest ICC Women’s rankings
Apart from Radha, Sri Lankan skipper Chamari Athapaththu has climbed up one place to a career-best seventh position after recording 139 runs in 3 games.
Captain has smashed an unbeaten 80 off 48 in the third and final match of the series to her side win the game. She scored runs at an average of 69.5 in the series.
Athapaththu has also made a two-slots jump in all-rounder’s rankings. She is now at 7 spot.
Other Indian and Sri Lankan players in the ICC Women’s rankings
Team India’s vice-captain Smriti Mandhana is on fourth. Opener Jemimah Rodrigues is on fourteenth. While the skipper Harmanpreet Kaur is on 18th. All have retained their places in the batting list.
While the other Indian bowlers who made a slight improvements in the rankings are Pooja Vastrakar,
The other Indian bowlers who have advanced in the rankings are Pooja Vastrakar and Renuka Thakur.
Vastrakar moved up 30 places to the 32nd spot, while Thakur jumped 83 places to reach the 97th spot. Vastrakar bagged 2 wickets in three games, and also scored 27 runs.
Sri Lankan batter Anushka Sanjeewani has climbed four places up and now is on 60th spot.
Right-arm medium pacer Oshadi Ranasinghe of Sri Lanka, who took 5 wickets in the series, has moved up to 26th place. While Sri Lankan spinners, Sugandika Kumari and Inoka Ranaweera, have climbed to 40th and 47th place, respectively.
