India captain Mithali Raj and her Sri Lanka counterpart Shashikala Siriwardena will start off the three-match series between the two sides as the top-ranked batters from their sides.<\/p>\n
In the series starting from 25 January in Visakhapatnam, Raj in seventh place is the highest ranked batter from either side, while Siriwardena in 30th is the highest-ranked batter from her side.<\/p>\n
Apart from Raj, Poonam Raut in tenth spot is the only other batter on either side in the top 10.<\/p>\n
Just outside the top 10, Harmanpreet Kaur in 11th in the only other player in the top 20 likely to feature in the series.<\/p>\n
India\u2019s Jhulan Goswami in 12th is the top-ranked bowler in the series and the only bowler in the top 20. Outside the top 20, Ekta Bisht in 25th and Udeshika Prabodhani in 29th are the other bowlers likely to play the series.<\/p>\n
Taylor, Edwards lead England<\/strong><\/p>\n In the three-match T20I series as part of the Ashes starting from 29 January, England\u2019s charge will be led by the two top-ranked batters in the Reliance ICC Women’s Rankings for T20I Batters, Sarah Taylor and captain Charlotte Edwards.<\/p>\n Australia duo of Meg Lanning in fourth and Jessica Cameron in eighth position are the other batters in the top 10 who will be in action during the Ashes.<\/p>\n Outside the top 10, some of the batters likely to be in action during the Ashes are Alex Blackwell and Lydia Greenway (joint 13th), Jenny Gunn (21st), Alyssa Healy (23rd), Laura Marsh (26th), Arran Brindle (27th) and Danielle Wyatt (34th).<\/p>\n Meanwhile, England\u2019s Danielle Hazell in fifth will start the Ashes series as the highest ranked bowler on either side in the Reliance ICC Women’s Player Rankings for T20I Bowlers.<\/p>\n Australia\u2019s bowling pair of Ellyse Perry (eighth) and Erin Osborne in ninth place are the others who are likely to feature in the series.<\/p>\n Outside the top 10, the bowlers likely to be in action are Katherine Brunt (14th), Sarah Coyte (16th), Danielle Wyatt (27th) and Anya Shrubsole (33rd).<\/p>\n Three-way tussle in Doha<\/p>\n Ireland\u2019s Clare Shillington is the only batter in the top 10 from the teams featuring in a tri-series in Doha, Qatar. Apart from Ireland, Pakistan and South Africa are the other teams featuring in the tri-series starting on 19 January.<\/p>\n Shillington is at a career-best ninth in the batting table.<\/p>\n Just outside the top 10 the other batters likely to play are Mignon du Preez (12th), Nain Abidi (15th), Bismah Maroof (16th), Trisha Chetty (17th) and Javeria Khan (19th).<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Pakistan\u2019s Sadia Yousaf in second place will start off as the highest ranked bowler during the tri-series. Apart from Yousaf, South Africa\u2019s Marizanne Kapp in sixth is the other bowler in the top 10 who is likely to feature in the series.<\/p>\n Outside the top 10 the bowlers likely to play are Nida Dar (13th), Sana Mir (19th), Sunette Loubser (26th), Bismah Maroof (31st), Dan van Niekerk (32nd), Qanita Jalil (35th), Isobel Joyce (36th) and Kim Garth (39th).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" India captain Mithali Raj and her Sri Lanka counterpart Shashikala Siriwardena will start off the three-match series between the two sides as the top-ranked batters from their sides.<\/p>\n In the series starting from 25 January in Visakhapatnam, Raj in seventh place is the highest ranked batter from either side, while Siriwardena in 30th is the highest-ranked batter from her side.<\/p>\n Apart from Raj, Poonam Raut in tenth spot is the only other batter on either side in the top 10.<\/p>\n Just outside the top 10, Harmanpreet Kaur in 11th in the only other player in the top 20 likely to feature in the series.<\/p>\n India\u2019s Jhulan Goswami in 12th is the top-ranked bowler in the series and the only bowler in the top 20. Outside the top 20, Ekta Bisht in 25th and Udeshika Prabodhani in 29th are the other bowlers likely to play the series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-isn-front-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n