{"id":25534,"date":"2026-06-23T16:09:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T10:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/new-world-no-1-sree-charani-dethrones-englands-linsey-smith-to-top-womens-t20i-bowling-ranking-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T16:09:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T10:39:44","slug":"new-world-no-1-sree-charani-dethrones-englands-linsey-smith-to-top-womens-t20i-bowling-ranking-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/new-world-no-1-sree-charani-dethrones-englands-linsey-smith-to-top-womens-t20i-bowling-ranking-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"New World No. 1! Sree Charani dethrones England&#8217;s Linsey Smith to top Women&#8217;s T20I bowling ranking | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131933990,imgsize-89277,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/sree-charani-ap-photo.jpg\" alt=\"New World No. 1! Sree Charani dethrones England's Linsey Smith to top Women's T20I bowling ranking\" title=\"Sree Charani (AP Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>India&#8217;s young left-arm spinner Sree Charani has become the world&#8217;s No. 1 ranked bowler in Women&#8217;s T20Is after a superb run in the ongoing Women&#8217;s T20 World Cup. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"1\"\/>The 21-year-old climbed to the top of the ICC rankings after taking 10 wickets in just three matches, making her the tournament&#8217;s leading wicket-taker so far.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Charani&#8217;s rise has been one of the biggest success stories of the World Cup. Having made her international debut a little over a year ago, she has quickly established herself as a key member of India&#8217;s bowling attack. Her recent performances against the Netherlands and South Africa helped her overtake England spinner Linsey Smith at the top of the rankings.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>The Indian spinner&#8217;s biggest contributions came in consecutive matches. <!-- -->She picked up four wickets against the Netherlands in Leeds before following it up with a three-wicket haul against South Africa in Manchester. Those match-winning displays earned her enough ranking points to become the highest-ranked bowler in women&#8217;s T20I cricket.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>While Charani moved to No. 1, England&#8217;s Charlie Dean climbed to second place after taking five wickets in her first three World Cup matches. Former top-ranked bowler Sophie Ecclestone also made progress, moving up to fourth position.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The batting rankings remained largely unchanged at the top, with Australia&#8217;s Georgia Voll holding on to the No. 1 spot. <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/beth-mooney\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Beth Mooney<\/a> stayed second, while India&#8217;s Shafali Verma moved up to sixth and captain Harmanpreet Kaur entered the top 10.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>In the all-rounders&#8217; rankings, West Indies captain <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/hayley-matthews\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Hayley Matthews<\/a> continued to lead the table ahead of New Zealand&#8217;s Melie Kerr. Sri Lanka skipper Chamari Athapaththu rose to third, while Pakistan captain Fatima Sana and Ireland&#8217;s Orla Prendergast also made gains. South Africa&#8217;s Marizanne Kapp enjoyed a strong week as well, climbing to ninth after her impressive performance against India.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/new-world-no-1-sree-charani-dethrones-englands-linsey-smith-to-top-womens-t20i-bowling-ranking\/articleshow\/131933631.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India&#8217;s young left-arm spinner Sree Charani has become the world&#8217;s No. 1 ranked bowler in Women&#8217;s T20Is after a superb run in the ongoing Women&#8217;s T20 World Cup. The 21-year-old climbed to the top of the ICC rankings after taking 10 wickets in just three matches, making her the tournament&#8217;s leading wicket-taker so far.Charani&#8217;s rise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[299],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}