Mandhana's dominance continues in ICC T20I rankings, Harman gets advantage, this cricketer in top-10 for the first time

Dubai. India's opener Smriti Mandhana has retained her second position in the rankings for batsmen in the ICC Women's T20 International, while captain Harmanpreet Kaur has reached 14th position in the latest rankings released on Tuesday. Apart from Mandhana, aggressive batsman Shefali Verma is the second Indian player included in the top 10. She has maintained her sixth position, while Jemimah Rodrigues remains at joint 11th position. In bowling, spin all-rounder Deepti Sharma has moved up one place to third position, while fast bowler Renuka Singh Thakur remains at sixth position.

Fast bowler Arundhati Reddy has dropped out of the top 10 and has come to 11th position. Deepti has also reached third position in the ranking of all-rounders. Australia's opener Georgia Woll has entered the top 10 of the batting rankings for the first time, while New Zealand star Sophie Devine's two consecutive half-centuries against South Africa helped her move up two places to 18th.

15-year-old Fanny Utagushimaninde of Rwanda has become the first female player in the world to score a century in her debut match (against Ghana) in T20 International. Not only this, she has also become the youngest player to score a century in the shortest format of the game in men's and women's cricket. With this he has entered the ranking at 66th place. South Africa's Anne Derksen has moved up 18 places to reach 55th position. He played an unbeaten inning of 55 runs in a recent match played in New Zealand.

Australia's cricket legend Ellyse Perry has jumped 2 places to reach 20th position in the rankings for T20 batsmen. Kianna Joseph of West Indies moved up 14 places to reach 33rd position. New Zealand's Maddy Green has reached 44th position and West Indies' experienced player has reached 48th position.

In the ranking of bowlers, South Africa's left arm spinner Nonkululeko Mlaba has joined the top 10. After taking five wickets in three matches, she has reached ninth position. Australia's Georgia Wareham has also impressed with her performance and has reached 12th position after taking three wickets in two matches. Seamer Jess Kerr has achieved his career best ranking of 15th after a brilliant series against South Africa. In this series, he took eight wickets, which included three important wickets for 16 runs in Wellington. Apart from this, Ayabonga Khaka and Kim Garth have also made significant improvements in their rankings.