Not Virat Kohli, star India batter from RCB rises to number one position in ICC ODI rankings
Smriti Mandhana is captain of RCB women's team. (Photo: BCCI/WPL)
June has been a month to remember for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru team. RCB men's team finally ended a 18-year-long wait to win the IPL 2025 title earlier this month.
On Tuesday (June 17), the RCB women's team captain – Smriti Mandhana – has become the world number one batter in ODI cricket again. The ICC announced Mandhana's return to the number one position on Tuesday.
The 28-year-old India women cricket team vice-captain rose one slot, returning to the top for the first time since November 2019. South Africa's captain Laura Wolvaardt, slipped to joint-second place (shared with England's new captain Nat Siver-Brunt), following innings of 27 and 28 in the first two ODIs against the West Indies.
This gave way to Mandhana, who now sits comfortably with 727 ratings points to the runners' ups' 719, ending Wolvaardt's more than six-month long perch at the top.
The other Indian batters in the ODI batting list after Mandhana are Jemimah Rodrigues and captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who are placed 14th and 15th respectively. India and England are set to face off in five T20Is and three ODIs later this month.
The ICC also announced the schedule for the ICC Women's ODI World Cup 2025, which will begin on September 30, earlier this week. India are the hosts of the Women's ODI World Cup, which is being organized in a 'hybrid' model just like ICC men's Champions Trophy 2025 earlier this year with Colombo set to host all of Pakistan women cricket team's matches.
Smriti Mandhana Becomes the No. 1 Ranked Batter in Women's ODI Rankings, Replacing Laura Wolvaardt
Current No. 1 Batter in ODI Rankings • Men's : Shubman Gill. 🇮🇳
• Women's : Smriti Mandhana. 🇮🇳
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