ICC Women\'s Rankings: Mandhana maintains top spot

ICC Women's Rankings: Mandhana maintains top spot

Press Trust of India  |  Dubai 

opener maintained her pole position while remained fifth in the latest ICC ODI Players' Ranking issued on Monday.

New Zealand's is placed fourth, just ahead of Raj. The other Indians to feature in top 20 are Deepti Sharma, who jumped a place to 17th and at 19th.

West captain has advanced two places and grabbed eighth position among batters even as a number of players from and have also moved up in the ICC Women's Rankings after winning their respective ICC Women's Championship series.

Taylor led the list of run-getters with an aggregate of 158, including two fifties, in a 2-1 loss here that enabled to overtake the in the points table of the eight-team championship. It provides direct qualification berths to hosts and four other top teams in the ICC Women's World Cup 2021.

have kept in contention for a direct berth in the pinnacle event by completing a 3-0 triumph at home over Sri Lanka, a verdict that has helped them to catch up with the fifth-placed on 11 points, even though they remain behind on net run rate.

Pakistan's victory over the has lifted them to 12 points and they are now in the fourth position, just behind on the net run rate in the list led by with 16 points from only nine matches and second at 14 points from 12.

Among bowlers, veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami is the best-placed Indian at the third spot behind of and Pakistan's Sana Mir, who is leading the pack.

and are two other Indian bowlers figuring at the top-10 at eighth and ninth positions respectively.

Deepti also features in the all-rounders chart at a career-high third spot. Perry is at the pinnacle of the list followed by West Indies' Taylor.

No Indian woman has reached the top spot among all-rounders as all the former captains --- Goswami (in July 2015), Purnima Rau (December 2000) and Shubhangi Kulkarni (January 1986) have attained the second position.

The upcoming India-England series can be crucial in the final standings while defending champions Australia host second-placed in another series that also starts on Saturday.

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First Published: Mon, February 18 2019. 17:50 IST