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.
Sophie Devine gifted her wicket in the first ODI against Team India, you also watch the video
In the first ODI match played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Indian women’s cricket team defeated New Zealand by 59 runs. Sophie Devine (Pic Source-X) In the first ODI match played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Indian women’s cricket team defeated New Zealand by 59 runs. In this match, all the players from the host side performed brilliantly and played an important role in the victory of their team. New Zealand’s batsmen failed to leave their mark. During the match, New Zealand women’s team captain Sophie Devine gave her wicket to the host for free. Actually all this was seen in the 12th over of New Zealand’s innings. Sophie Devine played Deepti Sharma’s ball very comfortably and she remained standing at one place. The New Zealand captain could not return to the crease at the right time and in the meantime, Deepti Sharma threw the ball towards the wicketkeeper who ran her out. Sophie Devine thought that she had come inside the crease but it was not so and the experienced player lost her wicket. Let us tell you that Sophie Devine failed to make a big score in the first ODI against Team India and was out after scoring two runs. Here’s the video: Sharp presence of mind produces a big wicket! New Zealand lose their third in the chase as Sophie Devine is run-out. Live – https://t.co/VGGT7lSS13#TeamIndia , #INDvNZ , @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/gvANXADVkA — BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) October 24, 2024 Indian women’s team won the first ODI In this match, the Indian women’s team, batting first, scored 227 runs after losing all the wickets. On behalf of the team, Deepti Sharma played an inning of 41 runs while Tejal Hasabnis contributed 42 runs. Shefali Verma played an inning of 33 runs while wicketkeeper batsman Yastika Bhatia scored 37 runs. In this match, Smriti Mandhana failed to score big and returned back to the pavilion after scoring 5 runs. In reply, the New Zealand women’s team batted disappointingly and scored only 168 runs. On behalf of the team, Brook Halliday scored 39 runs while Maddie Green returned to the pavilion after scoring 31 runs. Lauren Down played an inning of 26 runs while Georgia Plimmer contributed 25 runs. For Team India, Radha Yadav took three wickets while Saima Thakur took two wickets. The Indian women’s team has taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series. 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…
Sophie Devine made a big announcement, will resign from the captaincy of New Zealand after T20 World Cup 2024
Sophie Devine has captained the New Zealand team in 56 T20 matches. The team has won 25 of these matches while it has faced defeat in 28. Sophie Devine. (Photo by Will Russell-ICC/ICC via Getty Images) Veteran player Sophie Devine will resign from the captaincy of New Zealand’s T20 team after the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. Let us tell you, this tournament will be played in the month of October. However, the best thing for the New Zealand team is that Sophie Devine will be seen captaining the ODI team. Sophie Devine has captained the New Zealand team in 56 T20 matches. The team has won 25 of these while they have lost 28. One match ended in a tie. After Amy Satterthwaite stepped down from the captaincy in 2020, Sophie Devine has played this role quite well. Let us tell you, Sophie Devine is New Zealand’s second-highest run-scorer in T20 format. She made her debut in 2006 and has scored 3268 runs in 135 matches so far. According to Devine, she wants to keep her workload balanced and that is why she has taken this decision. Sophie Devine said, ‘I feel very honored that I was given the captaincy of the New Zealand team in both formats. I have enjoyed another workload a lot but sometimes it is quite challenging. After leaving the T20 post, my focus and strength will increase and at the same time I will be able to understand many things to the players who will captain the team in the future.’ I am not ready to step down from ODI captaincy yet: Sophie Devine The brilliant player further said, ‘I am not yet fully ready to step down from the captaincy of the ODI team. But I will not be with my team all the time and that is why I think that leaving the captaincy of one format will also give time to other captains.’ New Zealand women’s team head coach Ben Sawyer said, ‘Sophie is one of the aggressive captains and we feel very happy that her captaincy gives a lot of strength to the team inside and outside the field. She is one of the experienced players of New Zealand. She has a lot of knowledge of the game and the young players have also learned a lot from her. I can understand that it will not be so easy for Sophie Devine to take this decision but I fully support her.’ Highest wicket taker for India in International Cricket Virat Kohli’s 10 expensive watches and their prices, know here- Dinesh Karthik will rock LLC, join this team for the upcoming season List of batsmen who hit the most T20 sixes in 2024- Pakistan’s luck is bad, they have not won a Test match for 1294 days These 5 Indian cricketers are addicted to alcohol Shikhar Dhawan did this trick to win the ‘Golden Bat’ 5 big records of Shikhar Dhawan, in this case he is ahead of Kohli Shaheen Afridi became a father, his wife gave birth to a…
WBBL 2024: Sophie Devine extends her contract with Perth Scorchers for two more seasons
Experienced New Zealand all-rounder Sophie Devine has extended her central contract with the Perth Scorchers for another two years. Sophie Devine. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images) New Zealand’s experienced all-rounder Sophie Devine has extended her central contract with Perth Scorchers for another 2 years. Sophie Devine will once again be seen playing for Perth Scorchers in the upcoming season of the Women’s Big Bash League. Perth Scorchers retained Sophie Devine in the first draft of foreign players. The experienced player performed very well for this franchise and took 14 wickets and scored 489 runs. All the fans of the Perth Scorchers team praised her performance. Sophie Devine said, ‘It feels great that I am returning to Perth Scorchers. My connection with the players and staff in the last four editions has been very special. I cannot even think of playing for any other team. Winning the Women’s Big Bash League trophy in front of my fans at Optus Stadium has always been very special. This has been my most memorable moment.’ Alana King also extended her contract with the Perth team for three more seasons Let us tell you, Sophie Devine is considered one of the best all-rounders in women’s cricket. She is just two wickets away from taking 100 wickets in the Women’s Big Bash League. She is very happy that she will be a part of the Perth team for two more seasons. Not only this, the best spinner Alana King has also extended her contract for three more seasons. Alana King’s performance has always been very good for the Perth Scorchers. Not only this, Brisbane Heat’s Mikayla Hinkley will also be seen playing for the Perth Scorchers in the upcoming edition. Perth Scorchers squad so far: Chloe Ainsworth, Stella Campbell, Pippa Cleary, Maddy Dark, Sophie Devine (INT), Mikayla Hinkley, Alana King, Lily Mills, Chloe Piparo Highest wicket taker for India in Test series against Bangladesh- There will be no Impact Player rule in IPL 2025..! Jay Shah gave a big statement Yuvraj Singh had a heart attack because of Sourav Ganguly…! This is the real status of Pakistan..! Match tickets are being sold for peanuts This player has won the most “Player of the Series” awards The coach had caught hold of Sehwag’s collar, Veeru got furious and then… Anjali’s mother considered Sachin Tendulkar a ‘PLAYBOY’ and then… Top 5 batsmen who scored the most runs for India since 2020 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped
New Zealand announced the team for the first T20 match against England, command handed over to Suzie Bates in the absence of Devine
England is currently on New Zealand tour for 5-match T20 and 3-match ODI series. New Zealand Women Cricket Team (Image Credit- Twitter NZW vs ENGW: England women’s cricket team is currently on New Zealand tour. Here, along with the five-match T20 series, she will also be seen playing a three-match ODI series against New Zealand. The first match of the T20 series will be played on Tuesday, March 19 at the University Oval, Dunedin. So now New Zealand has announced its team for this match. But team captain Sophie Devine and veteran leggie Amelia Kerr are not part of this team due to their participation in the ongoing season of the Women’s Premier League. Let us tell you that Kerr Mumbai Indians and Devine are an important part of the RCB team, which is going to play the final match of the Women’s Premier League on March 17. On the other hand, in the absence of Sophie Devine, the command of New Zealand women’s cricket team has been handed over to Suzie Bates. Also, Georgia Plimmer has been selected from the New Zealand A team to fill the void of Amelia Kerr in the team. The head coach of the team, Ben Soyer, is very worried about Suzie Bates becoming the new captain of the team, but he has also said that this will give the young players a chance to showcase their talent. Ben said as quoted by ESPN Cricinfo- It is obviously disappointing not to have Amelia Kerr and Sophie Devine at the start of the T20 series. But we know that some such situation can happen, so we have prepared a plan accordingly. The positive thing is that this gives other players a chance to test themselves against a strong team like England. New Zealand women’s cricket team for the first T20 match against England: Suzie Bates (captain), Eden Carson, Bernadine Bezuidenhout (wk), Izzy Gage (wk), Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Fran Jonas, Jess Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Georgia Plimmer, Hannah Rowe, Lee Tahuhu.
WPL 2024: This is called luck, the ball hit the wicket, still Sophie Devine not out
However, Sophie Devine could not take advantage of the life support she received. WPL 2024 MI-W vs RCB-W, Eliminator The eliminator match of WPL 2024 is being played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Where RCB won the toss and decided to bat first. However, the team had a very poor start and its opening batsmen could not do anything special. Opener Sophie Devine was lucky to avoid getting out in the first over. Actually, Shabnim Ismail’s ball took the edge of Divine’s bat and hit the leg stump. But the wickets of the stump did not fall and hence he was not given out. The video of this incident quickly went viral on social media and fans gave their reactions. However, Sophie Devine could not take advantage of the life support she received and became the victim of Hayley Matthews. Haley bowled Sophie on the personal score of 10 in the second over. Watch the video here- Luck favoring the braves. Sophie devine that was too close.#RCBvMI #TATAIPL2024 pic.twitter.com/AmJzJuexqU —Dr. 1trophy (@1trophy_rcb) March 15, 2024 Sophie’s opening partner and captain Smriti Mandhana (10) also got out cheaply. He lost his wicket playing a wrong shot. After both the openers were out, Disha Kasat returned to the pavilion without opening the account. RCB lost three important wickets within the powerplay. Till the time of writing the news, Smriti Mandhana’s team has scored 57 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 12 overs. At the crease, Ellyse Perry is playing with 17 runs and Sophie Molineau is playing with 4 runs. Playing XI of both the teams for the match Mumbai Indians- Hayley Matthews, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Nate Siver-Brunt, Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Amelia Karr, Amanjot Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, S Sajna, Humaira Qazi, Shabnim Ismail, Saika Ishaq. Royal Challengers Bangalore- Smriti Mandhana (captain), Sophie Molineau, Ellyse Perry, Sophie Devine, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), Georgia Wareham, Disha Cassatt, Shreyanka Patil, Asha Shobhana, Shraddha Pokharkar, Renuka Thakur Singh.
WPL 2024: Now even Sophie Devine has become a big fan of Smriti Mandhana’s batting, praised the RCB captain fiercely.
Another good match was played in the Women’s Premier League on 29 February in which Delhi Capitals defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 25 runs. Smriti Mandhana (Photo Source: Getty Images) Many great matches have been played so far in the Women’s Premier League 2024. Another good match was played in the Women’s Premier League on 29 February in which Delhi Capitals defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 25 runs. On behalf of Royal Challengers Bangalore, team captain Smriti Mandhana batted very well in this match and scored 74 runs in 43 balls with the help of 10 fours and 3 sixes. Smriti Mandhana did not spare any bowler of Delhi Capitals and hit hard against all of them. However, Smriti Mandhana failed to lead RCB to victory. This innings of Smriti Mandhana has been highly praised by RCB’s opening batsman Sophie Devine. Sufi Divine said that he is also very happy to see the way Smriti Mandhana has batted this year. After the match was over, Sophie Devine said in the press conference, ‘I feel very honored for Smriti. I think last season was very difficult for him. However, the way he has batted this season has been amazing. I have also been very impressed by the way he has captained. It was very difficult for me to play shots everywhere in this match but he hit long sixes all around the field. The meaning of T20 cricket is that players have to take different roles in the partnership. My role in this match was to give him strikes and watch him hit big shots. We will make a good comeback against Mumbai: Sophie Devine Talking about Sophie Devine, she had performed very well. The experienced all-rounder first took two wickets for 23 runs in this match and then also played an excellent inning of 23 runs. The experienced player further said, ‘We have to play the next match against Mumbai Indians and we would like to make a good comeback in this match. We will play our best game against Mumbai Indians. RCB has to play its next match against Mumbai Indians on March 2 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium. BCCI showed contempt to these 7 players, did not give them a place in the central contract IPL 2024: These 5 players will replace Mohammed Shami in Gujarat Titans squad These 5 Indian players are going to become father after IPL 2024 5 batsmen who have scored the fastest century in T20 cricket These teams have lost the most matches in IPL history These batsmen have scored the most runs against Dhoni’s team CSK in IPL. 3 Indian players who have scored most centuries in India IPL 2024: These 3 players will be the wicketkeepers of Delhi Capitals in place of Rishabh Pant 5 players who have scored the most runs in PSL IND vs ENG, 4th Test: Rohit Sharma will throw these 5 players out of playing 11