Dubai, Jan 27 (.) Bangladesh players that have been in good form at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier have been the big winners on the latest ICC Women’s T20I Player Rankings.
The Asian side are unbeaten at the qualifier event in Nepal and are closing in on earning a spot at
the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in England and Wales in the middle of the year.
Bangladesh have received good performances from a range of players at the qualifier, with top-order batter Sharmin Akhter leading the way with 156 runs from four innings to be the second leading run-scorer at the event, according to ICC.
The right-hander has scored a pair of half-centuries at the qualifier against USA and Ireland and improves 22 places to equal 35th overall on the list for T20I batters.
Teammate Sobhana Mostary rises 11 places to move to equal 52nd on the same list following a quartet of good scores, while Ireland captain Gaby Lewis (up one place to equal 15th) and Netherlands star Sterre Kalis (up six rungs to 48th) are among the other players to make gains
on the rankings update this week.
It’s a similar story on the latest rankings for T20I bowlers, with Bangladesh spinner Rabeya Khan improving one place to move to 14th overall following seven wickets through the first four matches her side has played at the qualifier event.
Bangladesh teammate Fahima Khatun gains six places to move to 30th on the same list, while Scotland youngster Katherine Fraser (up 17 rungs to equal 44th) and Thailand spinner Sunida Chaturongrattana (up nine spots to equal 46th) are other players to make ground.
Fraser has made contributions for Scotland with both bat and ball and the 20-year-old also rises a whopping 39 places to 25th overall on the latest rankings for T20I all-rounders.
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