Dubai, May 6
Sri Lanka batters Harshitha Samarawickrama and Nilakshika Silva have made significant gains in the latest update of the ICC Women's ODI Player Rankings on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka have made an excellent start to their ongoing tri-series at home against India and South Africa, with the island nation having won two of their three matches so far.
Their most recent effort was an impressive three-wicket triumph over India, the first time Sri Lanka had defeated the Subcontinent side in ODIs since 2018 and just the third time in Women's ODI history.
Harshitha and Nilakshika Silva contributed with half-centuries during that memorable victory, and the pair were rewarded with big gains and a new career-high rating on the updated rankings for ODI batters.
Samarawickrama improved nine places to move to 18th overall while Silva gained a whopping 18 spots to jump up to 25th as South Africa skipper Laura Wolvaardt holds on to her No.1 ranking as the leading ODI batter in the world.
Wolvaardt's teammate Tazmin Brits gained 12 places to move to 40th on the back of a century in South Africa's tri-series opener while in-form India opener Pratika Rawal continues her march up the rankings by improving five spots to 42nd overall and another career-high rating.