ICC Women’s T20I Rankings: Shafali Verma grabs No. 1 spot, Smriti Mandhana at No. 7

India opener Shafali Verma has once again risen to take the top spot from Australia’s Beth Mooney in the latest T20I rankings that were released on Tuesday.

The batsman, was earlier at the No 2 spot, just a few points behind Mooney, but her scores of 23 and 47 in the first two T20Is against South Africa has taken her to the top of the table.

The 17-year-old star had grabbed the top position for the



first time after helping her side reach the knockout phase of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup last year in Australia.

India’s Smriti Mandhana (No. 7) and Jemimah Rodriques (No. 9) are the only other two players from the country in the top-10 rankings.

New Zealand skipper Sophie Devine retained her spot at No. 3 as Australia’s Meg Lanning at No. 4 and Alyssa Healy at No. 5 round up the top-5 of the list.