ICC ODI Rankings: Smriti Mandhana moves closer to the top spot, Jemimah Rodrigues takes the spot

India's opening batsman Smriti Mandhana has moved closer to the top spot in the ICC women's ODI batting rankings. After a brilliant series against Ireland, 28-year-old Mandhana has reached second place in the ICC women's ODI batting rankings released on Tuesday.

Mandhana, the only Indian in the top 10, had scored 135 runs in the third ODI, besides scoring 41 and 73 runs in the first and second matches. The left-handed batsman currently has 738 points, while South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt (773 points) is at the top, while Sri Lanka's Chamari Athapaththu (733) is at the third position.

On the other hand, Jemimah Rodrigues, who scored her first century in the second ODI against Ireland, has moved up two places to 17th position. Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who is out of the series, is in 15th place.

Meanwhile, Deepti Sharma is sixth in the all-rounders' list with 344 points, headed by Australia's Ashley Gardner, who took four wickets and scored 146 runs in the Ashes and overtook veteran South African Marizanne Kapp to take the top spot. Did. Gardner, 27, performed well with both bat and ball as Australia won all three ODIs against England. He against England

Scored his first ODI century, scoring 102 runs per ball in Hobart. Following that performance, he was named Player of the Match in the first ODI at North Sydney Oval, where he took 19–3 in 6.1 overs and scored an unbeaten 42 off 44 balls to lead Australia to victory and give the hosts a strong start in the Ashes. . The Australian has now reached a career-high 469 rating points in the all-rounder ODI rankings, 25 points ahead of the next best cap. Gardner has also scored a career-best 648 rating points as a batsman, moving up five places to enter the top 10 in the list.

In the women's bowling rankings led by Sophie Ecclestone, Deepti Sharma has also moved up to fourth position with 680 rating points.

Australian pair Kim Garth (up four places to 6th) and Alana King (up five places to 7th) are the other big players to move into the top 10, giving a total of four Australians in the top 10.