Dubai. Indian opening batter Shafali Verma has climbed to fourth place in the ICC Women’s T20I batting rankings following her impressive performances at the Asian Games 2026. Several players from India, Pakistan, South Africa and Bangladesh also made significant gains in the latest rankings.
Shafali scored an unbeaten 40 against Japan, followed it up with an unbeaten 100 against Bangladesh in the semifinal, and then contributed 48 runs in the final against Sri Lanka.
Among Pakistan players, Shawal Zulfiqar moved up 16 places to 29th after scoring 25 against Indonesia in the quarterfinal and 54 against Sri Lanka in the semifinal. Her rating of 558 is a career-best and helped her break into the top 30 for the first time.
Pakistan’s Ayesha Zafar also made a major jump, rising 31 places to 40th after scoring 71 against Sri Lanka. Her 489 rating points are the best of her career. She also climbed nine places to 30th in the T20I all-rounder rankings.
Indian Bowlers Continue to Dominate
India’s bowlers continued to occupy prominent positions in the rankings. Sri Charani retained the No. 1 spot with 799 rating points, while Deepti Sharma remained second, 70 points behind her teammate.
Kranti Gaud climbed 15 places to 57th, while Nandani Sharma moved up 22 places to 72nd.
Pakistan’s Sadia Yousuf moved up one place to eighth, while captain Fatima Sana climbed five places to 24th. Bangladesh’s Sanjida Akter Meghla also moved up five places to joint 49th.
South African Players Benefit from T20 Series Win
South African players also made notable gains after their 5-0 T20I series victory over Zimbabwe.
Miane Smit was among the biggest movers, climbing 63 places to joint 53rd in the batting rankings after scoring a century in the fourth match of the series.
Anne Bosch, who scored 214 runs in the series, moved up eight places to 46th and entered the top 50. Annerie Dercksen also achieved a career-best 179 rating points and climbed to 22nd in the all-rounder rankings.
Despite Zimbabwe losing the series, Nyasha Gwanzura gained 28 places to reach 87th in the bowling rankings after taking four wickets and recording her team’s best economy rate of 7.41.
