ICC Rankings: Richa Ghosh jumps 16 places, enters top-20 batters in Women's list

India wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh jumped 16 places to move into the top 20 of the latest ICC Women’s T20I rankings for the first time after some good scores in the ongoing World Cup in South Africa.

Ghosh's unbeaten knocks of 41 against the West Indies and 47 against England in the Women's T20 World Cup over the past week took her to a career-best 20th position.

She is fifth Indian in the top 20 list with Smriti Mandhana at third, Shafali Verma at 10th spot while Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur at 12th and 13th spots respectively.

Meanwhile, India pace spearhead Renuka Thakur moved seven places and registered her career-best fifth position after her five-wicket haul against England in the World Cup.

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