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Shafali Verma slipped to 3rd position in ranking after ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020

Shafali Verma slipped to 3rd position in ranking after ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020

| @indiablooms | 09 Mar 2020, 12:26 pm

Dubai/UNI: Team India opener Shafali Verma slipped to third position for batters after grabbing the top spot at the end of the league of the tournament in the MRF Tyres ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings.

India’s Deepti Sharma has advanced 10 slots to reach 43rd position among batters and is among the top five all-rounders for the first time.

Australian opener Beth Mooney has grabbed the top spot for batters for after helping her team win the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup for the fifth time while New Zealand’s Suzie Bates remains in second position in the latest update carried out after the knockout stage.

Mooney scored 259 runs at an average of 64 in six innings, the highest aggregate by anyone at a single edition of the competition and was named Player of the Tournament. Mooney has topped the rankings for the first time, having reached number two in March 2018.

Mooney’s opening partner Alyssa Healy has risen two slots to fifth position after a blistering 39-ball 75 in the final against India while South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt has advanced 13 slots to reach a career-best 31st place after a valiant 27-ball 41 in their semifinal against Australia.

Australia left-arm spinner Jess Jonassen is at a career-best 728 points and fifth place, her best position since a career-best fourth ranking in November 2017.

Her team-mates Sophie Molineux and Delissa Kimmince have advanced 10 places each to reach joint-16th and 31st places, respectively.

(Image Credit: ICC Twitter)

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