Deepti Sharma has climbed to the top of the ICC Womens T20I bowling rankings, a reward for control rather than drama, economy rather than excess. Her four overs in Visakhapatnam against Sri Lanka, one for 20, quietly decisive, have carried her past Australia’s Annabel Sutherland and into the No.1 position for the first time.
Deepti Sharma At the Top With A Single Rating Point
It is a rise measured in margins. Deepti leads the list by a single rating point, but the symbolism matters more than the arithmetic. Long valued for her balance and reliability, she now holds a ranking that reflects her standing in the modern Indian side: a bowler trusted to shape the middle overs and close out chases without fuss.
India’s movement in the rankings did not stop there. Arundhati Reddy, also involved in the Sri Lanka series, climbed five places to 36th among T20I bowlers, while Jemimah Rodrigues’ unbeaten half-century in the same match lifted her into ninth on the T20I batting list. India now place three batters inside the top ten, with Smriti Mandhana third and Shafali Verma tenth.
Yet Mandhana’s week brought a reversal elsewhere. She has slipped to No.2 in the ODI batting rankings, displaced by South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt. Wolvaardt’s return to the summit followed a commanding home series against Ireland, in which she scored centuries in the final two matches to seal a 3–0 sweep and reach a career-high rating.
South Africa enjoyed further gains from that series. Sune Luus rose seven places among ODI batters and made a significant climb on the allrounders’ list, while Ireland found modest consolation in individual progress: Arlene Kelly advanced among bowlers, and Gaby Lewis and Amy Hunter edged upward on the batting table.
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