ICC releases Women's T20I rankings, Jemimah Rodrigues climbs to 8th position

Indian ace batter Jemimah Rodrigues has made significant gains in the ICC Womens T20I Player Rankings after the latest weekly update on TuesdayRodrigues who smashed a matchwinning 76 off 53 against Sri Lanka in an Asia Cup match in Sylhet has gained four places to reach the eighth position She is the thirdhighest ranked India batter after Smriti Mandhana third and Shafali Verma seventh while captain Harmanpreet Kaur is next moving to 13th position after gaining two placesHayley Matthews the West Indian allrounder also saw a rise in her ICC T20I rankingsMatthews who last week grabbed the top spot for allrounders in ODIs after the ICC Womens Championship series against New Zealand carried her fine form into the ongoing fivematch T20I series which is currently led 21 by New ZealandMatthews has gained eight slots and is tied in third place with South Africa fast bowler Shabnim Ismail after a haul of four for 12 in the third T20I Matthews who also scored 30 runs opening the innings in that match is up one place to 33rd among batters and advanced three places to second in the list of allrounders led by New Zealands Sophie DevineAlso Read Harmanpreet Kaur moves up to fifth in ICC rankingsBangladesh captain Nigar Sultana 25th Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof 28th and India allrounder Deepti Sharma 36th have gained a slot each while Pakistans Nida Dar and Bangladeshs Fargana Hoque have also progressed and are tied in 44th place Former Bangladesh captain Salma Khatun is in the 49th position after moving up four slotsSharma Khatun and Dar have also made slight gains within the top 20 of the bowlers list while Pakistans newball bowler Diana Baig has moved up three slots to 16th position after grabbing three wickets in two matches of the Asia CupWest Indies legspinner Afy Fletcher has reentered the rankings in 21st position while Sri Lanka spinners Oshadi Ranasinghe up two places to 26th and Inoka Ranaweera up three places to 40th India allrounders Pooja Vastrakar up nine places to 35th and Bangladeshs Sanjida Akter up17 places to 49th are others to move up the listNew Zealand leftarm spinner Fran Jones has soared 90 places to 69th position after her threewicket haul in the third match against the West IndiesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever