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Swashbuckling India opener Shafali Verma has climbed to sixth spot successful the latest ICC Women's T20I Player rankings pursuing a drawstring of awesome half-centuries.
The 21-year-old, a erstwhile top-ranked batter, has moved up 4 places aft scores of 69 not retired disconnected 34 balls successful the 2nd T20I against Sri Lanka, followed by unbeaten knocks of 79 disconnected 42 deliveries and 79 disconnected 46 balls successful the 3rd and 4th matches successful Thiruvananthapuram.
Vice-captain Smriti Madhana, who ended her thin spot with a fluent 80 successful the 4th T20I, retained her 3rd presumption successful the rankings, portion Jemimah Rodrigues slipped 1 spot to 10th.
Seasoned India all-rounder Deepti Sharma continues her reign astatine the apical successful the bowlers' database with compatriot Renuka Singh Thakur joining her successful the apical 10.
Thakur, who has held a career-high 3rd presumption successful the bowling rankings, gained 8 places to scope joint-sixth presumption pursuing a match-winning haul of 4 for 21 successful the 3rd lucifer that India won by 8 wickets to seal the series.
India's left-arm spinners Shree Charani and Vaishnavi Sharma person besides progressed successful the latest play rankings update with the location broadside taking a 4-0 pb successful the five-match series.
Charani has moved up 17 places to 52nd successful the bowling rankings portion Vaishnavi Sharma has galloped 390 places to scope 124th presumption successful her archetypal planetary bid arsenic the 50-over satellite champions measurement their options successful mentation for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 to beryllium held successful England and Wales from June 12 to July 5.
For Sri Lanka, left-handed opener Hasini Perera has precocious 114 places to 71st presumption among batters aft scoring 22, 25 and 33 successful the 3 matches played this past week and Kavisha Dilhari has climbed up 3 places to 79th.
