17-07-2025
Shafali Verma Back In Top 10 Of ICC Women's T20I Rankings After England Series
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Shafali Verma re-entered the top 10 in ICC Women's T20I Rankings after scoring 176 runs in the series, leading India to a 3-2 win. Smriti Mandhana remains top-ranked Indian batter.
India opener Shafali Verma has re-entered the top 10 batters in the latest ICC Women's T20I Player Rankings released on Tuesday.
Shafali was the youngest cricketer to make her debut in a Women's T20I match for India. She got her first cap at the age of 15. She is also the youngest player to complete a haul of 1000 runs in the T20I format.
Under Shafali's leadership, India won the 2023 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. She wrapped up the five-match T20I series with 176 runs at a strike rate of 158.56, making her the second-highest run-getter behind fellow opener Smriti Mandhana.
At 21, Shafali shone with the bat, top-scoring with 75 off 41 in India's last-ball defeat, and has jumped four spots to ninth place with 655 points.
Mandhana, the highest-ranked Indian batter in the shortest format, remains in third place after amassing 221 runs in five innings to finish as the highest run-getter. Harmanpreet Kaur's side won the series 3-2, creating history.
Jemimah Rodrigues dropped two places to 14th after scoring just 108 runs across the series, including a half-century. India captain Harmanpreet, who scored 65 in four games, stayed in 15th spot.
Another key contributor to India's series win was Arundhati Reddy, who snapped up six wickets during the series. Arundhati, who took two wickets in the final T20I, jumped four spots to 39th place in the bowling rankings and rose 26 spots to 80th among the all-rounders.
Several England stars also made positive strides. Spinner Charlie Dean broke into the top 10 bowling rankings after a Player of the Match performance, taking 3-23 in the last match. She leapt eight spots to share sixth place with Nashra Sandhu and Georgia Wareham.
Linsey Smith gained nine places to 38th, while pacer Issy Wong jumped seven places to 50th. Emily Arlott, who debuted for England earlier this summer against the West Indies, improved 15 places to 67th.
Sophia Dunkley, England's top scorer with 151 runs, gained seven points to reach 19th place in the Batting Rankings after contributions of 22 and 46 in the last two games.
Meanwhile, opener Tammy Beaumont continued her recent surge, jumping 19 places to the 45th spot.
With IANS Inputs
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