Smriti Mandhana preserves no. 1 in the ICC ODI rankings; Ellyse Perry returns to the top 10

Newly appointed India Women’s captain Smriti Mandhana continued to lead the ICC Women’s ODI Batting Rankings, retaining the top position with 790 rating points in the latest update released on Tuesday. The Australian Ellyse Perry also returned to the top 10, drawing attention to the latest changes in the ranking.Mandhana, who recently replaced Harmanpreet Kaur as India’s captain, remains the country’s highest-ranked batsman in the 50-over format. Harmanpreet is the only other Indian in the top 10 ODI batting charts, occupying the ninth spot with 652 runs.In the women’s ODI bowling rankings, Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma has slipped one place to ninth. Australia’s Annabel Sutherland and Megan Schutt, meanwhile, have climbed the ranks to cement their positions among the front-runners.

There are three Indian batsmen in the top 10 T20Is

India also had a strong presence in the women’s T20I batting rankings, with three players securing places in the top 10. Shafali Verma led the Indian contingent at the fourth position with 759 points, followed by Mandhana at the fifth position with 754. Harmanpreet completed the list of Indian batsmen at the 10th position with 656 points.The T20I bowling rankings continued to be dominated by Indian spinners, with Shree Charani taking the top spot with 817 rating points. Deepti followed her in second place with 754 points, giving India the leading two positions in the category.Deepti was also the only Indian to feature in the top 10 of the women’s T20I all-rounder rankings, where she is fourth. She is ranked sixth in the corresponding list of ODI all-rounders.India remained third in the women’s ODI and T20I team rankings.