Mithali Raj moved to 8th spot in ICC Women's ODI batting rankings.
The 17-year-old big-hitter, who had grabbed the top position for the first time after helping her side reach the knockout phase of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup last year in Australia, has leapfrogged Australia’s Beth Mooney with scores of 23 and 47.
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Another batswoman to gain big is South African opener Lizelle Lee. Lee has gained three slots to reach 11th position among T20I batters after a match-winning 70 helped South Africa to a winning 2-0 lead.
Laura Wolvaardt has risen five places to 24th after guiding her team to victory with an unbeaten 53 in the second match while captain Sune Luus (up five places to 38th) and Nadine de Klerk (up three places to 74th) are the other South Africans to advance in the batting list.
Other changes see Deepti Sharma has moved up four places to 40th and teenager Richa Ghosh has rocketed 59 places to 85th among batters. Left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad has advanced from 34th to 25th.
Meanwhile, South Africa’s Marizanne Kapp has moved from fourth to second among bowlers and overtaken West Indies’ Stafanie Taylor to second in the list of all-rounders led by Ellyse Perry of Australia.
Rajeshwari Gayakwad is up eight places to 38th among bowlers.
(ICC inputs)