Dubai: India’s southpaw, Smriti Mandhana, is inching nearer to reclaiming the ICC Girls’s ODI No.1 batter rating — a spot she final held in 2019 — after a outstanding efficiency within the lately concluded tri-series involving South Africa and Sri Lanka.
Mandhana, 28, was at her elegant finest all through the tri-series, amassing 264 runs in simply 5 innings. Her consistency, stroke play, and temperament beneath strain not solely helped India clinch the title but in addition propelled her to No.2 within the newest ICC Girls’s ODI Batting Rankings.
She is now simply 11 score factors behind the present chief and South Africa captain, Laura Wolvaardt, who managed solely 86 runs in the identical collection.
Wolvaardt, although nonetheless the top-ranked ODI batter, is beneath severe risk from Mandhana, whose newest push alerts a potential return to the summit of 50-over cricket — a place she has been constantly circling for years with out fairly reclaiming since her preliminary reign six years in the past.
Whereas Mandhana stole the headlines, a number of of her teammates additionally made notable beneficial properties within the ICC rankings replace. Jemimah Rodrigues, who chipped in with useful contributions by means of the collection, jumped 5 locations to fifteenth within the ODI batter rankings.
Spinner Sneh Rana was one of many event’s standout performers and was rightly named Participant of the Sequence. With 15 wickets at a median of simply 14, Rana was a relentless risk, particularly on spin-friendly surfaces. Her efforts noticed her climb 4 locations to joint thirty fourth on the ICC ODI Bowler Rankings, which continues to be topped by England’s Sophie Ecclestone. India’s bowling all-rounder Deepti Sharma additionally impressed in the course of the collection, making important contributions with each bat and ball. Her all-round efforts helped her rise one spot to No.5 within the ODI All-Rounder Rankings.
The tri-series wasn’t simply fruitful for Indian gamers. Sri Lanka’s captain Chamari Athapaththu, ever the pillar of her crew’s batting, additionally made constructive strides.
