Nandini Sharma jumps 26 places in ICC women's T20 bowling rankings, Kranti Goud also climbs
India bowlers Nandini Sharma and Kranti Goud gained places after the T20 series against Zimbabwe, while Australia's Megan Schutt moved to fourth in ODI bowling.
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Indian bowlers Nandini Sharma and Kranti Goud have made big gains in the ICC women's T20 rankings. Both benefited from good performances in the T20 series against Zimbabwe. Nandini climbed 26 places to 45th, while Kranti moved up nine places to 43rd.
Australia's Megan Schutt, Ellyse Perry and Annabel Sutherland, who won the ODI series against Bangladesh 3-0, also improved their rankings.
Nandini Sharma took three wickets in the first two T20 matches against Zimbabwe, and made the biggest gain among Indian bowlers. In the first match she took two wickets for 11 runs. On the strength of that performance she reached a career-best 507 rating points.
Kranti Goud also took one wicket in each of the first two matches. As a result her ranking improved by nine places and she is now 43rd.
There were some changes in the T20 rankings of Indian batters too. Shafali Verma, who played a quick 55 off 25 balls in the second match of the series, remains fourth. Deepti Sharma, who made 49 off 37 balls in the first match, moved up one place to joint 37th.
Zimbabwe's players also gained from the series. Kelis Ndhlovu rose three places to 64th. Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano improved seven places to 73rd, while Josephine Ncomo came in at 91st. Sharne Mayers, who scored an unbeaten 43 off 33 balls in the first match, jumped 19 places and is back among the top 100 batters, now at 96th.
New Zealand's players also improved their rankings. Georgia Plimmer and Maddy Green, who put together a good partnership in the match against Australia in North Sydney, gained in the T20 batting rankings. Plimmer rose 13 places to 48th, and Green moved up three places to 34th. Australia's Ellyse Perry remains 16th in the batting rankings.
In the bowling rankings, New Zealand's Jess Kerr rose five places to 17th. Bree Illing jumped six places to a career-best 23rd. Nancy Patel also improved five places to a career-best 35th.
Australian players dominated the ODI rankings. Australia swept the ODI series against Bangladesh 3-0. Fast bowler Megan Schutt benefited and moved to fourth in the women's ODI bowling rankings.
The strong batting by Australia in the final ODI of the series also affected the rankings. Annabel Sutherland rose four places to a career-best 13th. Ellyse Perry gained one place to ninth in the ODI batting rankings. She also jumped 14 places in the all-rounder rankings, to joint 25th.
