The 27-year-old, who struck unbeaten knocks of 40 and 70 in Mumbai, has overtaken compatriots Meg Lanning and Beth Mooney as well as India opener Smriti Mandhana to become the fourth Australian and 12th batter to top the women's T20I rankings.
India's star opener Smriti Mandhana underlined the importance of setting challenging totals for opponents and said that the side needs to work on it after the team's thrilling Super Over win against Australia.
A match that ebbed and flowed saw a dramatic finish with the Women in Blue edging the Aussies in the second T20I to level the five-match series 1-1. India scored 20 runs in the Super Over while the Australian batters could only manage 16 runs.
Australia registered a comprehensive nine-wicket victory over India after opener Beth Mooney decimated the Indian bowlers in the first T20I of the five-match series at the Dr DY Patil Sports Academy on Friday
The inaugural edition of the Women's IPL 2023 has started to create buzz among cricket lovers with the tournament considered to be the next big thing for Indian women's cricket. The Women in Blue have made a lot of progress in the past year, by winning the Women's Asia Cup 2022 for a record
This series will also mark India's return to international cricket after winning the Asia Cup title in October. They will be facing South Africa in the second half of January for a tri-nation series featuring West Indies, leading up to T20 World Cup, which will take place from February 10 to
In a historic move by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), India's cricket governing body on Thursday announced an equal match fee for both men's and women's cricketers of India.
India cruised to a seventh Asia Cup title earlier this month with a comprehensive eight-wicket triumph over Sri Lanka in the final and both Mandhana and Deepti have been the major beneficiaries.