ICC Rankings: Nandni Sharma, Kranti Gaud make big gains

ICC Women’s player rankings: Nandni Sharma and Kranti Gaud surge, with multiple players climbing in batting and bowling lists across series.

Updated : Oct 20, 2026 17:50 IST , CHENNAI - 4 MINS READ

Kranti Gaud is now ranked 43th while Nandni is ranked 45th, with both Indian pacers now at 507 rating points in the ICC T20I player rankings. | Photo Credit: PTI/Getty Images

After commendable performances in India’s 2-0 thumping of Zimbabwe in the ongoing T20I series in Raipur, Indian pacers Nandni Sharma and Kranti Gaud have made significant progress in the ICC T20I bowling rankings.

Nandni has surged 26 places to 45th aftee taking three wickets across the two matches played so far. Her performances have helped her go up to 507 rating points.

Kranti has climbed nine places to 43th with three wickets to her name too so far in the series. She and Nandni are on the same number of rating points.

The third T20I will be played on October 20 at the Shaheed Veer Narayan International Stadium in Raipur.

India’s T20 vice-captain Shafali Verma struck 55 from just 25 deliveries in the second match and remains fourth in the Women’s T20I Batting Rankings. Her teammate Deepti Sharma has moved up one place to joint-37th after scoring 49 from 37 balls in the opening match.

Zimbabwe’s Kelis Ndhlovu has risen three places to 64th in the Batting Rankings after scoring 42 in the first match. Teammate Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano has climbed seven places to 73rd, while Josephine Nkomo has moved up three slots to 91st. Sharne Meyers has returned to the top 100, gaining 19 places to reach 96th after scoring an unbeaten 43 from 33 balls in the series opener.

New Zealand batters Georgia Plimmer and Maddy Green have advanced in the rankings following their tightly fought opening T20I against Australia in North Sydney, despite the hosts securing a two-wicket victory.

Plimmer scored a career-best 85 not out and shared an unbeaten 127-run, third-wicket partnership with Green to help the White Ferns post 162 for two. The innings marked a significant return for Plimmer, whose previous 54 T20I appearances had yielded an average of 16.16. She has climbed 13 places to 48th in the Batting Rankings.

Green has moved up three slots to 34th and reached a career-best 528 rating points. Australia’s Ellyse Perry anchored the chase with 52 from 30 deliveries. Although she remains 16th in the Batting Rankings, Perry has reached a career-best 633 rating points in the format which she first played in February 2008.

New Zealand’s Jess Kerr took three wickets for 25 runs and has advanced five places to 17th in the bowlers’ list. Teammate Bree Illing has climbed six places to a career-best 23rd, while Nensi Patel has moved up five slots to her own personal-best 35th.

Meanbwhile, Australia’s Megan Schutt, Ellyse Perry and Annabel Sutherland have also made progress in the ODI rankings.

Australia completed a 3-0 sweep of Bangladeshg in the ICC Women’s Championship with an eight-wicket victory in the third ODI, a victory Schutt helped set up.

Schutt took four wickets for 16 in her 10 overs, including five maidens, as Bangladesh were reduced to 45 for four. She finished the series with 10 wickets to be named the Player of the Match and the Player of the Series, climbing to fourth in the Women’s ODI Bowling Rankings.

Sutherland and Perry both scored unbeaten half-centuries in the final match. Because of this, Sutherland has gained four places to reach a career-best 13th in the batting rankings, with 642 rating points. Perry has moved up one place to ninth in the same list, led by India captain Smriti Mandhana, and made a 14-slot leap to joint-25th in the all-rounders’ list.

Bangladesh also had gains despite the series defeat. Sharmin Akhter has moved up five places to 25th among the batters after scoring a half-century, while Shorna Akter has climbed 16 places to joint-86th.

Published on Oct 20, 2026

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