Indian women's team's? slow left-arm spinner Radha Yadav is placed second among bowlers in the latest ICC Women¡¯s T20I Player Rankings.??
There are now three Indian bowlers in the top five as left-arm spinner Radha Yadav has moved up from fifth to second spot.??Deepti Sharma,?who took eight wickets in the series, has retained her fourth position while?Poonam Yadav?is fifth.?
Off-spinner?Anuja Patil?(up eight places to 21st) and fast bowler?Shikha Pandey?(up 11 places to 43rd) too have made notable progress in the latest rankings that also takes into account performances in Pakistan¡¯s home series against Bangladesh which the host won 3-0.??
?In the team rankings, India (260) has gained eight points to move to fourth position while the West Indies is now fifth at 248 after losing 10 points.??
Radha Yadav, who has been in terrific form throughout the year has made massive gains and has been a regular feature in the top 10 of T20I rankings.?
Indian batters also made gains in the latest rankings.?Jemimah Rodrigues on jumped to the fourth position in the batting chart, while young Shafali Verma also made significant progress in the just-released T20I Player Rankings, after playing stellar roles in a stunning 5-0 series sweep over the West Indies.
Rodrigues moved up three places to fourth position and teen sensation Verma gained 57 slots to reach 30th position as India leapfrogged the West Indies to fourth position in the ICC Women's T20I Team Rankings after the 5-0 victory over the former T20 World champions.??
The explosive 15-year-old Verma scored her maiden half-century in the first T20I against West Indies Women in St Lucia on Thursday.
Verma is the youngest Indian ever to score an international fifty.?