Smriti Mandhana got a reward for her strong performance, ICC gave this good news in the middle of the series.
A 3-match ODI series is being played between the Indian women's cricket team and the West Indies. Earlier, a T20 series of the same number of matches was played between the two teams. In this series, the Indian team won 2-1. Indian star batsman Smriti Mandhana's bat was in full swing in this series. She is also playing brilliant innings one after the other in ODIs. Meanwhile, the ICC has released the latest ranking of women. Smriti Mandhana has gained a lot in this ranking.
Smriti Mandhana benefited from the ranking
Smriti Mandhana is currently at number two in the ODI rankings. Now she has also improved her ranking in T20 batsmen. After ODIs, she has also come at number two in T20. Smriti Mandhana's rating in T20 has now become 753. She is only behind Australia's Beth Mooney. Her rating is 757. On the other hand, Mandhana's ODI rating in ODIs is 739, only South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt is above her with a rating of 773. Let us tell you, Smriti Mandhana was earlier at number three in the T20 rankings.
Smriti Mandhana scored half-centuries in all three matches of the T20 series played against West Indies. Due to this strong performance, she has gained in the rankings. She scored 62 runs in 41 balls and 77 runs in 47 balls in the last two matches of this series. Apart from this, she played an innings of 53 runs in the first match of the series.
Let us tell you, Smriti Mandhana now has a big chance to become number 1 in the ODI rankings. Actually, in the first match of the ODI series against West Indies, she played an innings of 91 runs in 102 balls. At the same time, she was successful in scoring a half-century in the second match as well. In this match, she scored 53 runs in 47 balls. In such a situation, Smriti Mandhana can also become the number batsman in ODIs in the next rankings. Let us tell you, in the last 6 international innings, she has scored 50+ runs every time, which includes 5 half-centuries and 1 century. She is in very good form at this time.