ICC announced the latest women’s ODI player ranking, rating points of Indian team players increased.

Indian women’s team captain Harmanpreet Kaur has also returned to the top 10 rankings. Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur (Photo Source: Getty) 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. The Indian captain who lost the most test matches at home- List of teams that have won the most matches away from home in WTC- Players who have won “Player of the Tournament” in every edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup- List of batsmen who have hit most sixes in Test cricket- Players who have been out for a duck most times in international cricket (active) Take a look at India’s lowest total in Test cricket- Players who have won Player of the Match the most number of times in Tests- Which Indian batsman has the highest average in Tests against New Zealand? Fastest bowler to take 50 T20I wickets for India Take a look at the performance of Team India in every edition of Women’s T20 World Cup-

ICC Women’s Ranking: Deepti Sharma and Sophie Devine reach career best rankings

Deepti Sharma and Sophie Devine Indian women’s team’s star all-rounder Deepti Sharma and New Zealand captain Sophie Devine have achieved career best ranks in the ICC Women’s ODI Rankings. Both the players have performed brilliantly in the ongoing ICC Women’s Championship series, which has benefited them in the ODI rankings. Deepti Sharma took three wickets in the first two matches, which has lifted her to second place in the bowling rankings. On the other hand, Sophie Devine played a tremendous inning of 79 runs in the second match, due to which she has reached the best batting ranking of 8th position in her career. Deepti’s dominance continues in the ranking of all-rounders also. He scored 41 runs and one wicket in the first match and played an important role in India’s victory. She has now moved up one place to fourth place. Whereas Devine has moved from 9th to 7th in the rankings of all-rounders after taking three wickets in the second match. Devine has gained 9 places in the bowling rankings and is now at 30th position. Amelia Kar, who was out of the series, improved her ranking. New Zealand all-rounder Amelia Kerr is ranked 11th and 13th in the batting and bowling rankings respectively. He scored unbeaten 25 runs in the first match against India, apart from this he also took four wickets. After this she was out of the entire series due to injury. Along with this, due to good performance in the series, there has been improvement in the batting ranking of many batsmen. This includes New Zealand’s Suzie Bates (up two places to 15th), Maddy Green (up seven places to 18th) and Brooke Halliday (up three places to 36th), while Jemimah Rodrigues (up three places to 30th) and Shafali Verma (up two places) Has reached 54th position. Lee Tuhuhu has moved up three places to 12th in the bowling rankings. The players who performed well in the five-match series between Zimbabwe and the United States in Harare have gained in the rankings. The home team won the series 3-2. Zimbabwe batsman Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano has achieved a career-best 21st position after scoring 28, 33 and 60 in the last three matches of the series. Modest Mupachikwa (up nine places to 46th) and Ashley Ndiraya (up 28 places to 47th) are the other Zimbabweans to gain in the batting rankings, while Josephine Nkomo (up 13 places to 32nd) has moved up the bowling rankings. For the USA, Disha Dhingra (up 22 places to 55th) and Sindhu Sriharsh (up 42 places to 57th) have moved up in the batting rankings and Aditya Chudasama (up 12 places to 58th) has moved up in the bowling rankings.

Deepti Sharma’s bowling will be important in Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: Veda Krishnamurthy

Women’s T20 World Cup is starting from 3 October Deepti Sharma (Image Credit- Twitter X) Cricket fans are eagerly waiting for the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup. It is worth noting that this time the tournament is starting from October 3 in the UAE hosted by Bangladesh. At the same time, India will start its campaign in this tournament with a match against New Zealand on October 4. Apart from this, the Indian women’s cricket team also has to play league matches against teams like Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Australia. The top two teams in the group will make it to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup. So now before the start of this mega tournament, Indian batsman Veda Krishnamurthy has made a big statement about the Indian team and especially Deepti Sharma. Krishnamurthy says that Deepti’s bowling is going to be important in the tournament. It is worth noting that recently Deepti Sharma was seen playing for London Spirit in Women’s The Hundred. In this tournament, Deepti performed brilliantly under pressure and won the team its first title by hitting a six. In the entire tournament, Deepti scored 212 runs and also took 8 wickets at an excellent average of 6.85. Veda Krishnamurthy gave a big statement about Deepti Sharma Let us tell you that in a recent discussion with Star Sports, Veda said- She will definitely be important, and her bowling will be very important. If the pitch helps, I think she will be more lethal in those conditions as well. It’s been over a decade now, she made her debut in 2014, and she has evolved as a cricketer every year. She has reached a point where she has become a very important part of the Indian team, no matter the format.

Watch Video: Deepti Sharma asked for a special wish and Mohammed Shami fulfilled it

Mohammed Shami recently won the ODI Bowler of the Year award at the CEAT Cricket Rating Awards. Mohammad Shami (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami recently attended the CEAT Cricket Rating Awards ceremony. Shami also won the “ODI Bowler of the Year” award. Meanwhile, a video of Mohammed Shami related to the award ceremony is becoming very viral on social media. Indian women cricketer Deepti Sharma requested Shami to take a photo with her brother, which Shami agreed to. Fans are seen showering love on this behavior of Shami. Watch that video of Mohammed Shami here- Shami is also making headlines with his new look Mohammed Shami has recently shared some pictures of his new haircut on his social media. Shami is making a lot of headlines with his new look. Let us tell you that he had got a hair transplant done some time back and now he has got a lot of thick hair on his head. Mohammad Shami in new looks. pic.twitter.com/ChJSHUc8hY — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) August 22, 2024 Shami is completing the rehab process Mohammed Shami played his last match for India during the ODI World Cup 2023. After the tournament, Shami suffered an ankle injury, due to which he also had to undergo surgery. Shami was unable to be a part of the home Test series against England, IPL 2024 and T20 World Cup 2024. The fast bowler is currently completing the rehab process at the NCA. Physios and trainers are working hard with him so that Shami can achieve 100 percent fitness by October. Can be seen playing in the Test series against New Zealand Mohammed Shami has not found a place in the Duleep Trophy squad, but he is expected to play at least one match in the Ranji Trophy. Keeping in mind the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test series against Australia starting in November, the team management would like to rest Shami in the upcoming series against Bangladesh. After Bangladesh, Team India will be seen playing a three-match Test series against New Zealand from October 16. Shami can be seen playing in this series.

After Deepti Sharma’s match-winning six in the final of The Hundred Women, captain Heather Knight praised the player

London Spirit Women’s team won the final match by 4 wickets Welsh Fire Women vs London Spirit Women, Final (Image Credit- Twitter X) The final match of Women’s The Hundred, being held in England, was played between Welsh Fire Women and London Spirit Women at the historic Lord’s ground in London on Sunday, 18 August. Let us tell you that in this match, Deepti Sharma’s six in a crucial situation gave London Spirit the victory in the match. So after this shot of Deepti, the captain of the team Heather Knight was seen praising the player. Let us tell you that in the final match, Deepti scored 16 runs in 16 balls, but apart from hitting a six in the end, she did not hit any boundary before that, which put pressure on the team. However, in the end Deepti hit a six at the right time and the team got victory. Apart from Deepti, Daniel Gibson’s 22 runs in 9 balls also played an important role in the team’s victory. Heather Knight praised Deepti Sharma a lot Let us tell you that after the final match between Welsh Fire Women and London Spirit Women ended, Heather Knight said – The match was tense, I was watching the match like a terrible spectator. There was no boundary in the last 20-30 balls, but Deepti did it in the end. We were tense and worried about lifting the trophy. Danny Gibson you are small and beautiful, you changed the game. Knight further said- It was a nervous chase, but Deepti is an experienced player, she overcame her nervousness and did it for us. I am completely impressed with Deepti, she has been brilliant with both bat and ball. So after the match, Dipt said- It is a great feeling to win the game by hitting a six, I was not nervous, I was confident that I could do it. I was thinking positive. Watch Deepti Sharma’s match winning six With 4️⃣ runs needed and 3️⃣ balls left, Deepti Sharma hits a 6️⃣ to WIN it!#TheHundred pic.twitter.com/i46RTvWFG1 — The Hundred (@thehundred) August 18, 2024

WATCH VIDEO: Deepti Sharma made the team champion by hitting a six in the style of MS Dhoni, players’ reaction went viral

Deepti Sharma’s team became the champion of Women’s The Hundred. Deepti Sharma (Image Credit- Twitter X) London Spirit defeated Welsh Fire in the final of Women’s The Hundred tournament to win the title for the first time. Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma was the hero of London Spirit’s victory. When London Spirit needed four runs from the last three balls, Deepti took an aggressive approach and hit a six over long on using her feet on Hayley Matthews’ ball. Deepti Sharma hits the winning shot in the final of The Hundred Seeing her outspoken style, the other players of the London Spirit team sitting in the dugout were shocked. The video of this incident is becoming increasingly viral on social media. In this match, Welsh Fire had given London Spirit a target of 116 runs to win, which the team achieved with 2 balls and 4 wickets remaining on the basis of Deepti Sharma’s six. Deepti played an unbeaten innings of 16 runs. With 4️⃣ runs needed and 3️⃣ balls left, Deepti Sharma hits a 6️⃣ to WIN it!#TheHundred pic.twitter.com/i46RTvWFG1 — The Hundred (@thehundred) August 18, 2024 Talking about this match, batting first, Welsh Fire scored 115 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the stipulated 100 balls. Jess Jonassen was the top scorer of the team with 54 runs. Apart from her, no other batsman could cross the 25-run mark. In the end, somehow her team was able to reach a respectable score. While chasing this score, London Spirit also did not get a good start, but opener Georgia Redmayne (34) stood firm at one end. When she was out on the score of 104 on the 89th ball, London Spirit definitely got some relief for a while, but in the end Deepti scored 16 runs in 16 balls and led the team to victory. Deepti scored a boundary as the only winning six in her innings. Georgia Redmayne was awarded the Player of the Match award for her brilliant batting. Dipti Sharma Match Winning Six Unbelievable scenes! 😱 Check out the London Spirit dugout as they watched the ball go high into the air and sail over the boundary for 6️⃣ to win #TheHundred! pic.twitter.com/2r3W9bG2dX — The Hundred (@thehundred) August 18, 2024

Deepti Sharma, who is going to play the eliminator of The Hundred Women, leaked the team’s plan! Read

Ahead of the eliminator, Deepti said the aim was to keep things simple and stick to her plan to win the match. Deepti Sharma (Source X) The Hundred Women’s Tournament, which has been going on for almost a month, has now reached its end. The Hundred is a tournament where an innings is not of 10 or 20 overs but of 100 balls. At the same time, a bowler has to bowl only 5 balls in an over and not 6. From this tournament, the Welsh Fire women’s team has directly reached the final which is to be played on August 18, while the eliminator match of the tournament is to be played today i.e. on August 17 between Oval Invincibles Women and London Spirit Women’s team. This match is to be played at Kennington Oval in London. This match is important for India because the country’s daughter and Indian women cricketer Deepti Sharma is a part of the London Spirit women’s team. She has performed very well in this tournament and has also led the team to victory on some occasions. In The Hundred Women’s 2024, Deepti Sharma has so far scored 196 runs in 5 innings at an average of 196 and a strike rate of 136.11 and is at the eighth position in the list of highest run-scorers this season. In bowling, she has taken only 7 wickets in 6 matches. Now she has to play the eliminator match which is one of the important matches of her career and she would definitely be thinking about giving a brilliant performance in this match. What is Deepti Sharma’s plan for the eliminator match? Before the eliminator, Deepti said that the goal is to keep things simple and stick to your plan to win the match. Let us tell you that the winner of this match will play the final with the Welsh Fire women’s team. Let’s know what statement Deepti Sharma gave before this match- “Since we are going to play the third game against this team, I am very sure about what we have to do and what our plans are; I am very clear about that. Just keep things simple, that’s what I always think. Enjoy every game and prepare yourself. That’s what I have done since day one.”

WPL 2024 Orange and Purple Cap Update: UP-W vs GUJ-W, Result of Match-18, and who is ahead in the race for Orange-Purple Cap?

Know the latest status of Orange and Purple Cap list after the match between UP Warriors and Gujraj Giants. GG vs UPW (Photo Source: X/WPL) WPL 2024 Orange and Purple Cap Update: The 18th match of WPL 2023 was played between UP Warriors and Gujarat Giants. Gujarat won this match by 8 runs. Talking about the match, Gujarat, batting first, scored 152 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs, thanks to the half-century innings of Beth Mooney. In reply, UP Warriors team could score only 144 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. With this victory, Gujarat has maintained itself in the race for the playoffs. Earlier, Gujarat won the toss and decided to bat first. The team’s openers Laura Wolvaardt and Beth Mooney gave a great start to the team. Both added 60 runs for the first wicket. But after the dismissal of Wolvaardt (43), Gujarat team lost wickets at regular intervals. While on one end the Gujarat team was continuously losing wickets, on the other hand Beth Mooney (74*) was continuously trying to score runs. Despite the failure of the middle-order batsmen, Gujarat team managed to score 152 runs after batting 20 overs. Talking about bowling, the most successful bowlers for UP were Sophie Ecclestone (3/38) and Deepti Sharma (2/22). Talking about run chase, UP Warriors did not have a good start while chasing the target of 153 runs. By the time the score was just 35, half the team had returned to the pavilion. From here it seemed that Gujarat Giants would register a one-sided victory. But after this Deepti Sharma and Poonam Khemnar together took charge of the innings. There was a partnership of 109* runs between the two for the sixth wicket, but this partnership could not bring victory to the team. For UP, Deepti Sharma scored unbeaten 88 runs in 60 balls, but that was not enough to lead the team to victory. Apart from them, Poonam Khemnar remained unbeaten after scoring 36 runs in 36 balls. Talking about Gujarat’s bowling, Shabnam Shakeel was the most successful bowler from their side. He took three wickets for 11 runs in his four over spell. Apart from them, Katherine Bryce and Ashley Gardner got one wicket each. WPL 2024 Purple Cap Update: Latest list of Purple Cap WPL 2024 Orange Cap Update: Latest list of Orange Cap

WPL 2024: Take a look at the top-10 funny memes of GG-W vs UP-W match

After this victory of GG-W, there was a flood of memes on social media. GG-W vs UP-W (Photo Source: X/WPL) In an important match played today in WPL 2024, Gujarat Giants defeated UP Warriors by 8 runs. With this victory, Gujarat has kept itself in the race for the playoffs. Batting first, Gujarat set a target of 153 runs for UP thanks to Beth Mooney’s innings of 74* runs. Chasing this, the UP team could score only 144 runs in the stipulated overs. Deepti Sharma played an excellent inning of 88* runs for UP, but it was not enough to win. Beth Mooney played captaincy innings Earlier, after winning the toss and coming to bat first, Gujarat Giants had a great start and openers Laura Wolvaardt and Beth Mooney made a partnership of 60 runs for the first wicket. However, as soon as Laura was out, the middle order batting order faltered badly. Wolvaardt played an important inning of 43 runs in 30 balls with the help of 8 fours and one six. After the fall of the first wicket, Gujarat lost wickets at regular intervals. But from one end, Captain Beth Mooney stood firm. She remained unbeaten till the end and played an excellent innings for the team, due to which Gujarat Giants scored a total of 152 runs. Mooney scored unbeaten 74 runs in 52 balls, which included 10 fours and a six. Let us tell you that she hit five fours against Sophie Ecclestone in the 20th over of the innings. Half the team returned to the pavilion on the score of 35. UP Warriors, who set out to chase the target of 153 runs, did not get the start they needed. In the very first over, Shabnam Shakeel sent Alyssa Healy (4) on the fourth ball and then Chamari Atapattu on the sixth ball without opening the account. After this, Kiran Navgire (0) was out cheaply in the second over, while Grace Harris (1) was out cheaply in the fourth over. In just 7 overs, half of the UP Warriors team returned to the pavilion with a score of 35. However, after this Deepti Sharma and Poonam Khemnar took charge. Both the batsmen batted intelligently and formed a valuable partnership and took the team’s score beyond 100. Both these batsmen displayed amazing batting and made a partnership of 109* runs, bringing the team closer to victory. But the team could score only 144 runs for 5 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Deepti Sharma’s half-century innings went in vain Deepti Sharma was seen struggling alone for UP. He scored unbeaten 88 runs in 60 balls with the help of 9 fours and 4 sixes, but it was not enough for the team to win. Poonam Khemnar fully supported Deepti. He played an unbeaten inning of 36 runs in 36 balls. See here the top-10 funny memes of GG-W vs UP-W match 🕺 RCB fans, after realizing they are still in 3rd place in the points table. #RCB #WPL #WPL2024 #BharatArmy pic.twitter.com/7qme98QZnG — The Bharat Army…

WPL 2024 Points Table Update: UP-W vs GUJ-W, Match-18 Results, and latest status of points table

Gujarat won this thrilling match by 8 runs. GG vs UPW (Photo Source: X/WPL) WPL 2024 Points Table Update: The 18th match of WPL 2023 was played between UP Warriors and Gujarat Giants. Gujarat won this match by 8 runs. Talking about the match, Gujarat, while batting, scored 152 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs, thanks to a half-century innings by Beth Mooney. In reply, UP Warriors could score only 144 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs and lost the match by 8 runs. Talking about the match, Gujarat won the toss and decided to bat first. The team’s openers Laura Waldwort and Beth Mooney gave a great start to the team. Both added 60 runs for the first wicket. After the dismissal of Waldoort (43), Gujarat started losing wickets continuously, seeing which captain Beth Mooney started controlling the situation. While on one end the Gujarat team was continuously losing wickets, on the other hand Beth Mooney was continuously trying to score runs. Gujarat team could score only 156 runs even after batting 20 overs. Beth Mooney was the highest run scorer for the team with 74 not out from 52 balls. Talking about bowling, the most successful bowlers for UP were Sophie Ecclestone (3/38) and Deepti Sharma (2/22). Deepti Sharma’s half-century innings went in vain Talking about run chase, UP Warriors did not have a good start while chasing the target of 153 runs. By the time the score was just 35, half the team had returned to the pavilion. From here it seemed that Gujarat Giants would register a one-sided victory. But after this Deepti Sharma and Poonam Khemnar together took charge of the innings. There was a partnership of 109* runs between the two for the sixth wicket but this partnership could not bring victory to the team. For UP, Deepti Sharma scored unbeaten 88 runs in 60 balls but it was not enough to lead the team to victory. Apart from them, Poonam Khemnar remained unbeaten after scoring 36 runs in 36 balls. Talking about Gujarat’s bowling, Shabnam Shakeel was the most successful bowler from their side. He took three wickets for 11 runs in his four over spell. Apart from them, Catherine Bryce and Ashley Gardner got one wicket each. WPL 2024: Updated points table after Match 18 Number Team match Victory Garland Tie N/R score net run rate 1 Delhi Capitals Women (Q) 7 5 2 0 0 10 0.918 2 Mumbai Indians Women (Q) 7 5 2 0 0 10 0.343 3 Royal Challengers Bangalore Women 7 3 4 0 0 6 0.027 4 UP Warriors Women 8 3 5 0 0 6 -0..371 5 gujarat giants women 7 2 5 0 0 2 -0.873