India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana rises to third spot in ICC Women’s ODI rankings

DUBAI: India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana jumped two places to move to the third spot on the ICC Women’s ODI batting rankings released here on Tuesday.

The India left-handed opener struck a match-winning 117, her maiden century at home, to lead India’s 143-run win over South Africa in a three-match series.

Mandhana, who has 715 points is behind Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu, who lost her number one ranking to England’s Natalie Sciver-Brunt.

The English all-rounder regained her number one spot by scoring a superb 124 not out against Pakistan last month.

Senior India all-rounder Deepti Sharma climbed up three spots to 20th, while Pooja Vastrakar was up by three places to 38th.

Vastarkar was the big mover up the ODI charts for all-rounders, with the 24-year-old gaining four places to improve to 18th. Agencies

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