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ICC T20I Rankings: Shree Charani Crosses Historic 800-Point Mark; Shafali Verma Returns To Top 6

Indian players have been rewarded with significant gains in the ICC Womens T20I Player Rankings following their teams record eighth Womens Asia Cup title, with Shree Charani strengthening her position at the top of the bowling rankings and Shafali Verma returning to the top six among the batters. Charanis outstanding four for 20 in the final against Sri Lanka at the Dubai International Stadium has lifted the left-arm spinner above the 800-point mark for the first time, to a career-best 804 rating points. That is the highest rating points ever achieved by an Indian in the ICC Womens T20I Player Rankings for both batters and bowlers, surpassing Mithali Rajs previous record of 780 points in the batting rankings back in 2011. Charani is now just two points short of the highest rating points ever achieved by a womens T20I bowler achieved by Australias Megan Schutt in November 2018. Indias bowling attack was further rewarded with Deepti Sharma moving up four places to second after finishing the Asia Cup as the tournaments leading wicket-taker with 14 scalps. Seamer Nandani Sharma has climbed 10 places to 94th following an impressive tournament with the ball, while leg-spinner Prema Rawat has made one of the biggest gains of the week, surging 50 places to 96th. Nandani was particularly economical, conceding just 4.64 runs per over. In the ICC Womens T20I Batting Rankings, Shafali Vermas outstanding tournament has seen her rise from seventh to sixth. Verma was the leading run-scorer at the Asia Cup with 236 runs, including scores of 64 in the semi-final and 68 in the final, and now has 741 rating points her highest since October 2021. She is just one place and four rating points behind teammate Smriti Mandhana, who sits fifth on 745 points after scoring 213 runs in five innings. Verma has also made significant progress in the all-rounders rankings, moving up five places to 15th and reaching a career-best 221 rating points. Sri Lankas Nilakshika Silva was the third-highest run-scorer at the Asia Cup with 108 runs and has moved up one place to 44th in the batters list. Captain Chamari Athapaththu has also made an impact with the ball, with her headline figures of seven for five against Indonesia contributing to a tournament tally of 12 wickets. She has moved up one place to 27th among the bowlers while retaining third place in the all-rounders rankings. Elsewhere, South Africas ongoing T20I series against Zimbabwe has produced a major mover in the batting rankings. Anneke Bosch has surged an extraordinary 323 places to 54th after starring with the bat as South Africa took a 2-0 lead in the five-match series in Bulawayo. Also Read: Special Cricket Stories Bosch scored 83 from just 43 deliveries in the opening victory before following it with 65 from 31 balls in the second match, making her one of the biggest movers across this weeks rankings.