Harmanpreet, Mandhana drop a place each in ODI batting chart; Deepti holds on to third in T20I all-rounder list
The HinduIndian women’s team captain Harmanpreet Kaur and her deputy Smriti Mandhana dropped a place each to sixth and seventh respectively in the latest ICC rankings for batters in ODIs released here on Tuesday. In bowling, left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad and senior off-spinning all-rounder Deepti Sharma are placed eighth and tenth respectively in the list headed by England’s Sophie Ecclestone, who has accumulated 751 points. Meanwhile, Athapaththu has become the first player from her country to top the women’s ODI player rankings after starring in a 2-1 series win over New Zealand in the ICC Women’s Championship. Athapaththu, who has scored all her country’s top 10 individual scores in women’s ODIs, is currently at the highest-ever points tally by a Sri Lanka woman in ODIs with 758 rating points.