Chamari Athapaththu becomes first Sri Lankan to top women's ODI rankings

Chamari Athapaththu becomes first Sri Lankan to top women's ODI rankings

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Category : Sports Published on: July 06 2023

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Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu has been rewarded for her superb recent form by becoming the new No.1 ranked batter on the latest ICC Women's ODI Batting Rankings.
It helped Athapaththu become the first Sri Lankan women to top the women's ODI rankings, joining male compatriot Sanath Jayasuriya as the only two players from the island nation to have held the No.1 spot in the history of the ODI rankings.
The opener fellow Sri Lankan, Sanath Jayasuriya who is the only male player to top the ODI rankings having held top spot for 181 days from September 2002 to May 2003.
Athapaththu managed win two ‘Player of the Match’ awards and the ‘Player of the Series’ award by scoring two centuries in three matches. She scored 108 not out of 83 balls in the first match and scored 140 not out of 80 deliveries in the third match.
Other Sri Lankan players to advance in the rankings include Kavisha Dilhari who jumped 19 places to be ranked 37th among batters and Prabodhani who climbed 14 places to be ranked 32nd among bowlers.
The Kiwi’s captain Sophie Devine shot up six positions to secure the 13th spot after scoring 137 in Galle to win the second ODI of the series.

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