India left-arm spinner Shree Charani has retained the top spot in the ICC Women’s T20I bowling rankings and reached the highest rating any bowler has recorded in the format. Her peak of 817 points followed India’s Women’s Asia Cup title and the gold medal at the Asian Games in Japan.
Shree Charani Breaks Megan Schutt’s T20I Rating Points Record
Charani’s 817 points go past the previous best of 806, which Australia’s Megan Schutt set in November 2018. The new mark appeared in the latest ICC rankings update, published on September 29.
She took 12 wickets at the Asia Cup, including 4 for 20 in the final against Sri Lanka, where India won by 72 runs to lift the trophy for the eighth time. At the Asian Games, she took career-best figures of 4 for 10 against hosts Japan in the quarter-final, which sent India into the semi-finals. She then took two wickets in the gold-medal match on September 22, which India won by 147 runs against Sri Lanka. That match carried her rating to its peak.
Across both tournaments, Charani took 20 wickets in eight innings at an average of 4.85 and an economy rate of 3.3. She claimed two four-wicket hauls in that period.
Deepti Sharma, Sophie Ecclestone and Smriti Mandhana in the Latest T20I Rankings
India allrounder Deepti Sharma stays second in the T20I bowling rankings with 754 points after she took three wickets in the Asian Games final against Sri Lanka. England’s Sophie Ecclestone is third on 723 points.
Among the batters, Smriti Mandhana has moved back into the top five of the T20I batting rankings. The left-handed opener scored 79 in India’s win over Sri Lanka in the final. Australia’s Beth Mooney leads the list with 785 points, followed by her teammate Georgia Voll on 779.
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Hayley Matthews and Zimbabwe Players Rise in ICC Women’s ODI Rankings
The ODI series between Zimbabwe and West Indies in Harare, currently tied at 1-1, also changed several positions in the rankings.
West Indies batter Hayley Matthews rose three places to fourth in the ODI batting rankings with 711 points, three short of her career-best rating of 714. The rise followed her record knock of 182 in the first ODI. She also leads the T20I allrounder rankings on 502 points, while Australia’s Ash Gardner tops the ODI allrounder list on 497.
Zimbabwe’s Nyasha Gwanzura won the second ODI for her side with an unbeaten 18 and a career-best 4 for 33. She climbed 52 places and now sits at No. 156 in the ODI bowling rankings. Her teammate Modester Mupachikwa scored 86 and 38 across the two matches and moved up 16 places to a career-best 40th in the ODI batting rankings on 492 points.
Zimbabwe’s Realeanna Grimmond gained 34 places and is joint 102nd with 270 points, while Francisca Chipare rose 26 places to joint 123rd after taking 2 for 57 and 2 for 16 in the two games. West Indies bowlers Ashmini Munisar and Aaliyah Alleyne also moved up. Munisar gained 23 places to joint 84th after taking four wickets at an average of 10.5, and Alleyne rose eight places to 58th after returns of 3 for 44 and 2 for 27.
Australia’s Alana King leads the ODI bowling rankings with 753 points. Mandhana holds the top spot in the ODI batting rankings with 790 points, eight ahead of South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt on 782.
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