Athapaththu, Harmanpreet rise in Women's ODI Rankings

Dubai: A host of Sri Lanka and India players including captains Chamari Athapaththu and Harmanpreet Kaur rose up in the latest ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings, released on Tuesday, following the completion of their three-match one-day series in Pallekele.

While India registered a 3-0 series sweep during the dominant 50-over series, it was Sri Lanka captain Athapaththu, who made the biggest impression on the top 10 list for batters.

Athapaththu scored a quick-fire 44 in the final match of the series last week and that saw the talented 32-year-old rise two spots to a career-best-equaling eighth position, which she had first attained after an epic 178 off 143 balls against Australia in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup in Bristol five years ago.

On the other hand, India captain Harmanpreet moved up one place to 13th following her Player of the Match effort of 75 helping her gain 12 rating points. Kaur, who finished with 119 runs and three wickets in India's 3-0 win and was named Player of the series, has also moved up eight slots to 71st among bowlers and four spots to 20th among all-rounders.

Other India batters to move up in the rankings include opener Shafali Verma (up three places to 33rd), Yastika Bhatia (up one place to 45th) and Pooja Vastrakar (up eight places to 53rd).

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