Dubai, March 3 Indian opener Smriti Mandhana reached the top of the ICC Women's ODI Batting Rankings on Tuesday, following her impressive performances in the recently concluded three-match series against Australia.
Mandhana (790 points) scored 58 and 31 in the series, surpassing South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt (782), who will have the opportunity to reclaim the spot when the Proteas face New Zealand in March and April.
Alyssa Healy, who scored a century in her final ODI, finished fourth in the rankings (744), sandwiched between Beth Mooney (749) and Ashleigh Gardner (724).
Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur is the other Indian in the top 10, in ninth position, while Jemimah Rodrigues is in 12th.
Despite losing all three matches of the ODI series, Harmanpreet (652) moved back into the top 10 for batters, thanks to scores of 53, 54, and 25.
Deepti Sharma is the only Indian in the top 10 among bowlers, at the 10th spot.
Alana King (775) topped the Women's ODI bowling rankings, ending Sophie Ecclestone's nearly four-year reign at the top. Gardner is in third place.
Throughout the week, King led both teams with seven wickets at an average of 16.71, claiming 4/33 in 10 overs in the third ODI, helping the hosts to a 185-run victory. This propelled her to her first No.1 rating, with her rating of 775 also being a career high.
King is joined by four other Australian bowlers in the top eight – Gardner (third), Annabel Sutherland (fifth), Megan Schutt (seventh), and Kim Garth (eighth).
Several other players from the series also benefited from ranking boosts.
After losing two of the three T20Is on home soil, Australia bounced back to win the three ODIs as part of the multi-format series, and found success through Mooney, Gardner, and Healy, the latter ending her ODI career.
Gardner (516) holds the No.1 spot in the ODI all-rounder rankings, almost 100 rating points ahead of West Indies Hayley Matthews (418) in second.
Sutherland (408) moved up two spots on the all-rounder rankings, while young Georgia Voll (534) jumped 23 spots to 34th in the batting rankings after averaging 54 in the three ODIs.
Deepti also features in the top 10 in the all-rounders rankings, at the fifth spot.
