ICC Players rankings: After belting their seventh Asia Cup title, several Indian stars have made notable gains in the latest released ICC Players' rankings. Opening batter Smriti Mandhana had a brilliant tournament and now has jumped one spot to rank the No.2 batter in T20I cricket. Meanwhile, Indian all-rounder, Deepti Sharma has also scaled one spot to rank the No. 2 bowler in the shortest format.
Mandhana scored 134 in the tournament, including an unbeaten 51 in the summit clash. She has jumped past Australia's Meg Lanning for the second spot and now has 730 rating points. Smriti is only behind Australia's Beth Mooney in the race for the No. 1 T20I batter in Women's cricket. Mooney has 743 points. Deepti Sharma, who scalped 13 wickets in the event has jumped ahead of England's Sarah Glenn and has 724 rating points in her name. Sharma is behind England's Sophie Ecclestone, who has 756 points.
Notably, fast bowler Renuka Singh has also made big gains in the bowlers' rankings. She has scaled four spots in the T20I bowlers' rankings, pipping out Megan Schutt, Hayley Matthews, Shabnim Ismail and Sarah Glenn to reach No.3. She stands behind compatriot Deepti Sharma with 737 rating points. Also, spinner Sneh Rana has broken into the top 10 in the bowlers' rankings. Rana has jumped four spots to rank the No. 10 T20I bowler with 681 rating points.
Indian women's team had an astounding Women's Asia Cup campaign. The Harmanpreet-Kaur-led side continued their dominance in the continental cup and won their seventh Asia Cup title. In the final, India eased past Sri Lanka women with an 8-wicket win at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet. The women in blue lost the only match in the tournament. They were defeated by Pakistan in the Group stage. Other than this, India were a different league team. Pakistan crashed in the semifinal after losing a nail-biter to Sri Lanka.
