The Crown Changes Hands: Wolvaardt Reclaims Top ODI Batting Rank as Mandhana Slips

New No. 1: South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt has reclaimed the No. 1 spot in the ICC women's ODI batting rankings, beginning her ninth separate stint at the summit (first reaching it in March 2022 and previously holding it in November 2025).

Mandhana Slips: India captain Smriti Mandhana dropped to second place following a quiet start to the home series against Zimbabwe, where she managed scores of 32 and 0 in the first two ODIs in Vadodara.

Key Movers and Shapers

Deepti Sharma: Enjoyed significant gains across all three disciplines after taking five wickets and scoring 106 off 86 balls in the second ODI. She climbed to 23rd among batters, 8th among bowlers, and 4th in all-rounders.

Harmanpreet Kaur: Moved up two places to 8th in the batting rankings following a blistering 126 off 121 balls in the second ODI. Pratika Rawal: Reached a career-best 21st position (with a career-high rating of 598 points) after jumping seven places, highlighted by her third ODI century (96-ball 100) in the opening match and a subsequent 61.

Shafali Verma & Kranti Gaud: Shafali climbed 15 places to 73rd among ODI batters, while Gaud moved up to 25th in bowling and 33rd among all-rounders.

T20I Rankings Updates

India vs. Zimbabwe Sweep: Following India's 3-0 T20I series sweep against Zimbabwe, Shafali Verma climbed to 3rd among T20I batters, with Smriti Mandhana moving up to 4th. Australia vs. New Zealand: Australia's players made upward moves following their 2-0 T20I series victory:

Ashleigh Gardner jumped nine places to 19th among batters after smashing 84 off 45 balls.

Georgia Wareham rose to joint-seventh among bowlers, and Kim Garth re-entered the top ten.