New Zealand defeated South Africa in the final match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. In this entire tournament, all the players from New Zealand performed well and played an important role in the victory of their team. Talking about Team India, they had a disappointing performance and were eliminated from the group stage itself.

However, after the end of this tournament, a three-match ODI series was played between these two teams, which Team India won 2-1. ICC has recently announced its latest Women’s ODI Player Rankings in which the positions of players from both the teams have increased.

Indian team’s explosive opener Smriti Mandhana had scored 100 runs and made a comeback with a bang. Even though there has been no increase in the ranking of the experienced batsman due to his innings, the difference in the ranking points of the Indian player and the third placed Sri Lankan captain Chamari Atapattu has reduced. Smriti Mandhana now has 728 points while the Sri Lankan women’s team captain has 433 points.

Nate Sciver Brunt is at the first place in this list, while South Africa’s brilliant batsman Laura Wolvaardt is at the second place with 756 points. Not only this, Indian women’s team captain Harmanpreet Kaur has also returned to the top 10 rankings. She had played an unbeaten inning of 59 runs, due to which her rating points have now reached 654 and she is at 9th position along with Sophie Devine.

Deepti Sharma’s ranking also increased

The ranking of experienced all-rounder Deepti Sharma has also increased. He took three wickets for 39 runs and has now come to second place in the bowling rankings. Sophie Ecclestone of England is on top with 770 points.

Talking about all-rounders, Lee Tahuhu is at 27th position with 126 ranking points. South Africa’s Marijne Kapp is in first place with 404 points.