ICC T20I rankings: Harmanpreet Kaur leapfrogs to 3rd position

ANI  |  Dubai [UAE] 

women's and batter on Tuesday made a notable jump to reach the third position in the International Council (ICC) Rankings.

Apart from the skipper, Jemimah Rodrigues and Smriti Mandhana have also moved up after contributing in their team's campaign in the Caribbean, which ended against England in the semi-finals. However, Mithali Raj's ranking dropped by two places to the ninth position.

Jemimah, who was placed at the ninth spot, has now moved up to her career-best sixth position, while, Smriti has gained seven places to be placed at her career-best tenth spot.

Other cricketers who have made a remarkable jump includes Australian wicketkeeper batswoman, She has gained four slots to reach the eighth position for her of the Tournament effort, which saw her scoring 225 runs.

has gained seven places to reach a career-best 14th position, while of Ireland, who could only gain one slot, takes the 19th slot.

In bowler's list led by Australia's Megan Schutt, leg breaker Poonam Yadav has retained her number three position.

Meanwhile, spinner Leigh Kasperek's seven wickets have lifted her seven places to reach and share the third position with Poonam.

England's has moved from 16th to the fourth and fast bowler from 12th to the sixth place after a seven-wicket effort, which included a hat-trick against in the ICC World T20.

Other bowlers who have improved their rankings include leg-spinner Amelia Kerr, who has upped 15 places to a career-best seventh, of has gained 10 places to reach the eighth, South Africa's Shabnim Ismail has jumped 11 places to gain the 10th, Pakistan's has made a massive jump of 25 places to reach her career-best 10th, Shashikala Siriwardene of has upped six places to gain the 17th and of has only gained two places to settle at the 14th place.

Meanwhile, in the list of all-rounders, West Indies' has shot up from fourth to the second position. She has overtaken Australia's Ellyse Perry and compatriot after finishing with 121 runs and 10 wickets in the tournament. has advanced one slot to reach the fifth position among all-rounders.

In the ICC T20I team rankings, England have overtaken to reach the second position in the list, however, the list continues to be topped by with 283 points after their fourth ICC Women's World T20 title.

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First Published: Tue, November 27 2018. 14:59 IST