Published 18:11 IST, October 29th 2024
Deepti Sharma reaches career-high 2nd spot in ICC ODI bowlers rankings
India off-spinner Deepti Sharma has been rewarded for her excellent recent form as she moved up two places to reach career-high second spot in the latest ICC women's ODI rankings for bowlers on Tuesday.
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India off-spinner Deepti Sharma has been rewarded for her excellent recent form as she moved up two places to reach career-high second spot in latest ICC women's ODI rankings for bowlers on Tuesday.
On back of some strong performances in recent ICC Women's T20 World Cup in UAE, Deepti has been one of India's best players through opening two matches of her side's ongoing white-ball series against New Zealand at home.
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Deepti has three wickets from two matches against White Ferns at a miserly ecomy rate of 3.42.
It has seen Deepti gain two places to move to second on table, and senior India spinner has closed in on England tweaker and .1 ranked ODI bowler Sophie Ecclestone.
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re is also some movement outside top 10, with New Zealand trio of Lea Tahuhu (up three places to 12th), Amelie Kerr (up one spot to 13th) and Sophie Devine (up nine rungs to equal 30th) building on ir recent success at T20 World Cup .
Devine (up three rungs to eighth) and Kerr (up one spot to 11th) also gain some ground on latest list for ODI batters, with compatriots Suzie Bates (up two spots to equal 15th) and Maddy Green (up seven places to 18th) making gains following some decent scores against India.
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Right-hander Jemimah Rodrigues (up three rungs to equal 30th) is big winner on ODI batter rankings from an India perspective, while Deepti (up one place to third) and Devine (up two spots to seventh) both make some ground on latest list for ODI all-rounders.
re is also some joy for a pair of Zimbabwe players, with Chipo Mugeri-Tiripa gaining 21 spots to move to 28th on batter rankings and teammate Josephine Nkomo improving 13 places to move to 32nd on list for ODI bowlers after some impressive efforts in ir recent series against USA.
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14:54 IST, October 29th 2024