Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma retain their spots in ICC rankings

India’s girls cricket participant Smriti Mandhana. File
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India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana and all-rounder Deepti Sharma held on to their third positions respectively within the newest ICC Ladies’s T20I batter and bowlers’ rankings issued right here on Tuesday (March 25, 2025).

Apart from Mandhana, no different Indian is within the top-10 with skipper Harmanpreet Kaur positioned eleventh place, Jemimah Rodrigues ranked fifteenth and Shafali Verma a rung under.

The batters’ record is led by Australia’s Beth Mooney, adopted by teammate Tahlia McGrath.

Mooney elevated her lead on the prime following scores of 75 not and 70 in opposition to New Zealand. Phoebe Litchfield gained three locations to maneuver to twenty second total following an innings of 32 within the second conflict with the White Ferns.

Star all-rounder Melie Kerr gained two locations on the record for T20I batters following her innings of 40 within the second match of the sequence in opposition to Australia, whereas fellow New Zealander Georgia Plimmer improved 20 spots to maneuver to fiftieth on the again of some constant innings on the prime of the order during the last month.

Deepti continued to occupy her third spot amongst bowlers behind England’s Sophie Ecclestone and Sadia Iqbal of Pakistan.

The plaudits proceed to reach for Annabel Sutherland because the Australian all-rounder reached a brand new career-high score on the most recent ICC Ladies’s T20I bowling rankings.

Sutherland, who has featured within the ICC Ladies’s ODI Staff of the 12 months within the final two years and gained the ICC Ladies’s Participant of the Month award twice in 2024, reached a brand new private greatest score for T20I bowlers and leaped two locations to the fourth spot after her four-wicket haul in opposition to New Zealand in Mount Maunganui.

The suitable-armer collected 4 wickets as Australia bowled the White Ferns out for simply 122 in reply to their large whole of 204/3 and within the course of opened up an unassailable 2-0 benefit within the three-game sequence.

Darcie Brown, in the meantime, moved 12 spots to succeed in 18th total following figures of two/23 in opposition to New Zealand within the second recreation of their sequence.

Kerr stays in second place behind West Indies’ Hayley Matthews within the rankings for T20I all-rounders, with McGrath (up three rungs to 18th) and Sutherland (up one spot to twenty first) among the many largest movers this week.