Jemimah and Pratika Shine in ICC Women's ODI Rankings
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Synopsis
In the latest ICC Women's ODI rankings, Jemimah Rodrigues has achieved a career-high ranking of 19th, while Pratika Rawal surged 52 places to 65th. This update reflects performances from key matches in the Women's Ashes and ICC Women's Championship.
Key Takeaways
- Jemimah Rodrigues reaches a career-best ODI ranking of 19th.
- Pratika Rawal makes significant gains, moving to 65th.
- Ashleigh Gardner secures second place in ODI bowling rankings.
- Alyssa Healy climbs to 5th place in batting rankings.
- India's two victories against Ireland strengthen their position in the ICC Women's Championship.
Dubai, Jan 14 (NationPress) Indian cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues surged three spots to achieve her highest-ever ranking at 19th, while Pratika Rawal made remarkable strides in the batting rankings, climbing 52 positions to reach 65th in the most recent ICC Women's ODI rankings released on Tuesday.
This week's update reflects performances from the inaugural match of the Women’s Ashes series in Sydney and the first two contests of the ICC Women’s Championship series between India and Ireland in Rajkot.
Jemimah's historic international century in the second match propelled India to an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series, concurrently elevating her to her career-best ODI batting ranking.
Meanwhile, impressive scores of 89 and 67 from newcomer Pratika facilitated her ascent in the rankings. She aims to strengthen her position in the final match of the series scheduled for Wednesday.
In the bowling department, Australia all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner achieved a career-high second place in the ICC Women’s ODI bowling rankings after contributing significantly to the victory in the first match of their three-ODI series against England in Sydney on Sunday.
Gardner's performance, which included taking three wickets for 19 runs and scoring an unbeaten 42, earned her the Player of the Match accolade. She also reached new career-best rating points in both the batting and all-rounders’ rankings, retaining 15th position among batters with 604 points, just behind Marizanne Kapp in the all-rounders’ list.
Australia's pacer Kim Garth achieved a personal best by ranking 10th after claiming two wickets for 46 runs.
In the batting rankings, Alyssa Healy, the Australian captain, progressed four positions to fifth following her score of 70. Other players who advanced include Gaby Lewis, the captain of Ireland (up four spots to 16th), Heather Knight, the captain of England (up five spots to 23rd), Dannie Wyatt-Hodge (up five spots to 26th), Leah Paul from Ireland (up 15 spots to 32nd), and India's Harleen Deol (up seven spots to 47th).
In bowling, England's new-ball bowlers Lauren Bell (up five spots to 17th) and Lauren Filer (up three spots to 49th) also made gains, while Darcie Brown from Australia advanced eight places to 27th.
India’s two victories over Ireland have brought them to 35 points from 23 matches in the ICC Women’s Championship, which Australia leads with 39 points from 24 matches (all teams compete against eight others in a three-match series on either home or away grounds).
Other teams that have secured direct entry to the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 in India include England (32 points), South Africa (25 points), and Sri Lanka (22 points). New Zealand (21 from 24) and Bangladesh (19 from 21) are still in contention for the last available direct spot from the championship.
