India pair rewarded on rankings following tri-series heroics against Sri Lanka
Gains for two of India's young batters on the latest rankings update, while a Sri Lankan spinner also makes a jump.
India's strong start to their ongoing tri-series against Sri Lanka and South Africa has seen a pair of their young batters reach new career-best marks on the latest ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings.
India cruised to a nine-wicket victory over hosts Sri Lanka in the tri-series opener in Colombo and opener Pratika Rawal was the star of the show with an excellent half-century that helped her claim the Player of the Match award.
Pratika stroked an unbeaten 50 from just 62 deliveries to help India register a nine-wicket triumph and the 24-year-old was rewarded with a new career-high rating and a 10-spot jump to 47th overall on the latest rankings for ODI batters.
Fellow top-order batter Harleen Deol also obtains a new career-best mark, with the 26-year-old rising four places to 49th on the list for batters following her unbeaten innings of 48 from the same contest with Sri Lanka.
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It wasn't all bad news for Sri Lanka, with opener Hasini Perera gaining five places to rise to 72nd and gaining a new career-high rating of her own after a decent innings of 30 at the top of the order.
Sri Lanka are also boosted by the performance of Inoka Ranaweera, with the spinner taking the side's only wicket during the match during a tidy spell of 1/32 that was rewarded on the latest rankings update.
Sneh Rana returned excellent figures in the tri-series opener against Sri Lanka 👌#SLvIND 📝: https://t.co/tJZOZ0vfvR pic.twitter.com/6BRhO86qWq
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Ranaweera removed Smriti Mandhana to claim Sri Lanka's only success with the ball and as a result moved up two places to 25th overall on the updated list for ODI bowlers.
England tweaker Sophie Ecclestone remains out in front on the rankings for ODI bowlers, while India's Sneh Rana re-enters this list at 57th overall following her three-wicket haul against Sri Lanka in what was the 31-year-old's first international 50-over contest in almost 18 months.