Bangladesh's Rabeya moves up to 9th spot in Women's T20I bowlers' rankings

Bangladesh leg-spinner Rabeya Khan got the prize of her steady exhibition as she climbed to 10th spot in ICC Ladies' T20 bowling rankings. Rabeya took one for 20 in Bangladesh's 16-run prevail upon Scotland Ladies' group in the side's ICC T20 World Cup opener and from there on guaranteed one for 15 against Britain, a match which Bangladesh lost by 21 runs in spite of confining the English Ladies' to a moderate 118-7. One more gainer in the most recent rankings from Bangladesh was other legspinner Fahim Khatun who gobbled up three wickets in the last two matches. She jumped 13 spots to sit at 45th situation right now. Bangladesh's weak batting show was reflected in the most recent update too as there was nobody to climb the rankings in this area. In the mean time, Pakistan spinner Sadia Iqbal turned into the first from her country to top the ICC Ladies' T20I Rankings when she momentarily surpassed long-term number one Sophie Ecclestone prior to completing second among bowlers in the week by week update that is done on Tuesdays, an ICC public statement expressed. Ecclestone had begun the continuous ICC Ladies' T20 World Cup in best position - which she had involved since February 2020. Sadia drew level with her on 757 rating focuses subsequent to taking three for 17 against Sri Lanka in a Gathering A match on Thursday. Ecclestone slipped to second recognize with 750 focuses two days after the fact subsequent to going wicketless against Bangladesh in a Gathering B match. Sadia's rule at the top was, nonetheless, restricted to two days as Ecclestone got two for 15 against South Africa to win the Player of the Match grant and recover the best position, finishing the intriguing in a dead heat fight between the two remaining arm spinners for the week. Sadia turned out to be just the second Pakistan player to top the ladies' rankings. Previous skipper Sana Mir was top of the ODI bowling rankings in 2018-2019.