ICC women's T20 rankings: Shafali Verma maintains top spot; Kathryn Bryce first Scotland player to feature in top-10

Dubai: Indian teen sensation Shafali Verma maintained her pole position among T20 batters while Kathryn Bryce became the first woman from Scotland to make it into the top-10 in the latest ICC rankings published on Tuesday. [caption id=“attachment_9622341” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] File image of India batter Shafali Verma. Image credit: Twitter/@T20WorldCup[/caption] Shafali is holding onto her top rank with 776 ranking points well ahead of Australians Beth Mooney (744) and Meg Lanning (709). India’s T20 vice-captain Smriti Mandhana is ranked fourth while Jemimah Rodrigues is the third Indian batter at ninth position. The highlight of the latest list is Scotland all-rounder Bryce due to her good show, finishing as the leading scorer for her team despite losing the four-match T20 series against Ireland 1-3. India also has two bowlers in the top-10 list with off-spinner Deepti Sharma at sixth and left-arm spinner Radha Yadav just a notch below at seventh. Deepti has 705 ranking points while Radha logged home 702. The bowlers’ list is led by England’s left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone.