Ahead of the Women's T20 World Cup 2024, cricketers eye to reach the top of the ICC Women's T20I Player Rankings. The tournament will kick off on Thursday in the United Arab Emirates, with 10 countries battling it out to be crowned world champions.
Star Australia batter Travis Head removed India's Suryakumar Yadav and secured the top spot in the recently released Men's T20I Player Rankings on Wednesday.
New Zealand batter Mark Chapman and Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Afridi rose in the latest ICC Men's T20I Player Rankings following their outstanding performance in the ongoing five-match series which is level 1-1 after three matches.
Suryakumar had a relatively quiet series by his lofty standards with two half-centuries and a total of 166 runs in four innings, but the right-hander maintained his healthy lead at the top of the T20I rankings for batters.
Wolvaardt, who scored 53 in the semi-final against England and a valiant 61 against Australia in the final to finish as the most prolific batter in the tournament, has shot up eight places to sixth in the rankings.
Ghosh's unbeaten knocks of 41 against the West Indies and 47 against England over the past week have lifted her 16 places to 20th position as she becomes the fifth Indian in the top 20 with Smriti Mandhana (third), Shafali Verma (10th), Jemimah Rodrigues (12th) and Harmanpreet Kaur (13th) ah