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New Delhi: Indian batter Smriti Mandhana has retained the top spot in the latest ICC ODI rankings despite the poor start to the ongoing Women's ODI World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.
While Mandhana continues to lead the charts, her lead at the top has reduced following a pair of low scores in the marquee women's tournament.
England all-rounder Nat Sciver-Brunt is closing in on the star batter and is only 60 points behind the Indian batter's tally of 791 rating points.
Mandhana, who smashed back-to-back centuries in the three-match series against Australia just before the World Cup, scored 8 against Sri Lanka in the opener and amassed just 23 against Pakistan in the second match.
Australian veteran Beth Mooney sits in third spot with 713 rating points.
South Africa's Tazmin Brits (706) and Australia's Ashleigh Gardner (697) have made big strides following the World Cup tons against New Zealand. The Proteas batter moved up two places to fourth while the Aussie star jumped seven spots to fifth, closing the gap on Mandhana.
New Zealand skipper Sophie Devine has also made a substantial gain of seven spots to eighth.
Meanwhile, Pakistan batter Sidra Amin, who scored a superb 81 against India in Colombo on Sunday, equalled her career-best ranking of 10th.
Amin waged a lone battle against India with an outstanding half-century, but her sensational knock went in vain as the Women in Blue won the game comprehensively by 88 runs.
England's Sophie Ecclestone continues to lead the latest bowling charts with 792 rating points. Meanwhile, off-spinner Deepti Sharma (640) is the lone Indian in the top-10, having slipped a spot to number six.
