Deepti Sharma retains No. 1 spot in ICC T20I rankings:Smriti Mandhana in third place; Shafali Verma, Renuka Singh also gain spots

Deepti Sharma retained the top spot in the ICC T20I rankings for T20I bowlers after impressive performances in the T20I series against Sri Lanka. The all-rounder had gained the top spot for the first time after India’s first T20I against Sri Lanka, where she had figures of 1/20 in her four overs.
The all-rounder was named Player of the Tournament at the ICC Women’s World Cup, which India historically won, defeating South Africa in the final. Deepti now has a two-point lead over Australia’s Annabel Sutherland. Also read: Records broken by Virat Kohli in 2025:Fastest Indian to score 14,000 ODI runs, completes 1,000 runs in ICC knockouts

Shafali Verma, Renuka Singh also gain in latest ICC rankings Shafali Verma and Renuka Singh also gained big in the latest ICC T20I rankings. Shafali, who has been in terrific form, has gained four spots to move to the sixth place. She had scores of 69 off 34 balls in the second T20I and 79 off 42 deliveries in the fourth T20I. Also read: Mumbai Indians appoint Kristen Beams as spin-bowling coach: Former Australian leg-spinner takes the charge ahead of WPL 2026 Additionally, Renuka Singh Thakur, who had held a career-high third position in the past, moved to the seventh place. This came after she picked up a match-winning four-wicket haul (4/21) in India’s win over Sri Lanka in the fourth T20I. India’s left-arm spinners N Sree Charani, Vaishnavi Sharma also move up India’s left-arm spinners N Sree Charani and Vaishnavi Sharma were gainers in the latest ICC rankings for women’s T20I bowlers. Charani rose 17 places to the 52nd spot while Sharma moved up 390 places to the 124th rank in her first international series. Sri Lanka, despite losing the series, have had their players gain in the latest ICC rankings. Left-handed opener Hasini Perera moved up 114 places to go to the 71st spot among batters after scores of 22, 25 and 33. On the other hand, Kavisha Dilhari moved to the 79th spot. For Sri Lanka, left-handed opener Hasini Perera has advanced 114 places to 71st position among batters after scoring 22, 25 and 33 in the three matches played this past week and all-rounder Kavisha Dilhari has climbed up three places to 79th.