Harmanpreet Kaur, the captain of India, climbed four spots on Tuesday to take the fifth position in the ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings, riding the wave of her incredible performance against England. She is the star of a group of Indian athletes who have surged in the rankings as a result of the team's 3-0 victory over England. In the second game in Canterbury, Kaur batted 143 not out of 111 deliveries to win the match.
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In the most recent update, which takes into account performances in the final two games of that series as well as the IWC series between the West Indies and New Zealand, opener Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma have both advanced.
Mandhana, a previous top-ranked batter who scored 40 and 50 in the two matches, has climbed one spot to claim a sixth place, while Sharma has risen eight spots to 24th with to her undefeated 68 not out in the third match at Lord's.
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Other Indian players who have moved up the batters' list are Pooja Vastrakar (up four spots to 49th) and Harleen Deol (up 46 spots to 81st), while Renuka Singh has rocketed 35 spots to reach 35th place after picking up four wickets in each of the two matches.
Former top-ranked fast bowler Jhulan Goswami retired in fifth place. Danny Wyatt of England, who scored 65 in the second game, has moved up two spots to take over the 21st batter spot, while Amy Jones has moved up four spots to 30th. Charlie Dean has moved up 24 spots to land in the 62nd spot among batters and one spot to land in the 19th spot among bowlers.
After scoring 88 runs and taking five wickets in a 2-1 series victory over New Zealand, West Indies captain Hayley Matthews has taken over the top spot among all-rounders in the ODI format for the first time in her career.
