Harmanpreet Kaur moves to fifth spot in ICC Women’s ODI players rankings

Harmanpreet Kaur had scored 74* and 143* in two of the three ODIs against England.

India women’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur had a fruitful outing in the recent three-match ODI series against England which the visitors won 3-0. Thanks to her amazing efforts with the bat, Harmanpreet Kaur has moved up to the fifth spot in the recent update of ICC Women’s ODI Players rankings.

Kaur smashed a match-winning 143 not out off 111 deliveries in the second match in Canterbury. Opener Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma have also moved up in the latest update that considers performances in the last two matches of that series as well as the series between the West Indies and New Zealand.

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Mandhana, who scored 40 and 50 in the two matches, has moved up one place to take the sixth position while Sharma's unbeaten 68 not out in the third match at Lord's has lifted her eight places to 24th position.

All-rounder Pooja Vastrakar (up four places to 49th) and Harleen Deol (up 46 places to 81st) are other Indian players to move up the batters' list while new-ball bowler Renuka Singh has galloped 35 places to take 35th position after grabbing four wickets each in the two matches.

Jhulan Goswami, who bid farewell to international cricket after the third and final ODI at Lord’s retired in the 5^th spot of the ODI bowlers rankings.

On the other hand, England opener Danny Wyatt gained two slots to reach 21st position among batters while Amy Jones is up four places to 30th. Charlie Dean has progressed 24 places to get to 62nd among batters and one slot to 19th among bowlers.

(PTI inputs)