Smriti Mandhana moves to third place in ICC rankings after half-century vs Pak

India opener Smriti Mandhana has moved up one spot to a careerbest third position among batters in the ICC Womens T20I Player Rankings after a strokefilled halfcentury against Pakistan in the ongoing Commonwealth Games in BirminghamMandhana who followed up a knock of 24 against Australia with an unbeaten 63 off 42 balls with eight fours and three sixes has overtaken New Zealands Sophie Devine and reached within two rating points of Australias Beth Mooney Meg Lanning continues to lead the rankings after regaining the top spot last weekMandhana formerly a topranked batter in ODIs has been ranked third in T20Is in the past too reaching that position for the first time in 2019 and having last held third position in October last yearNew Zealands Suzie Bates has gained two slots to reach sixth position after smashing a superb 91 not out off 64 balls against South Africa while Tahlia McGrath up one place to 12th India captain Harmanpreet Kaur up four places to 14th Pakistans Nida Dar up three places to 40th and South Africas Chloe Tryon up five places to 47th have also made notable progress among battersAustralia allrounder Ashleigh Gardner has moved up in all three lists after shining with the bat against India and with the ball against Barbados who are representing the West Indies in the eightteam competitionGardners knock of 52 not out in the opening match has lifted her five places to 11th while her haul of two for six against Barbados has taken her from 45th to 26th She has reached a careerbest third position among allroundersAlso Read Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar congratulates CWG 2022 Day 4 winnersIn the rankings for bowlers Australia leftarm spinner Jess Jonassen who took four for 22 against India has moved up two slots to fourth position in the list led by Englands Sophie EcclestoneAustralia fast bowler Megan Schutt and New Zealand allrounder Amelia Kerr have moved up a slot each to take seventh and eighth positions while Barbados captain Hayley Matthews is up two places to ninthPerformances of those playing for Barbados and who have represented the West Indies in the past reflect in the latest rankings as all matches in the Commonwealth Games have T20I status However matches involving Barbados will be ignored for the team rankings since Barbados is not an ICC Member All other matches other than those involving Barbados will be rated in the usual wayOthers to move up the bowlers rankings include South Africas Nonkululeko Mlaba up two places to 22nd Sri Lanka spinners Oshadi Ranasinghe up two places to 24th and Inoka Ranaweera up four places to 44thIndia mediumpace bowler Renuka Singh has galloped 48 places to 49th after grabbing a careerbest four for 18 against AustraliaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever