Harmanpreet Kaur’s unbeaten 91 helped India beat Zimbabwe in the third and final game by 92 runs. Here are the updated ICC women’s T20I team rankings after their 3-0 series win.
India Women completed a clean sweep against Zimbabwe with a massive victory at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur, on Tuesday, October 20. Harmanpreet Kaur, who recently stepped down as the captain, starred with a blistering 91 not out off 41 balls to power the side to 216-7.
Her knock included 10 fours and five maximums as she took down the Zimbabwe bowling attack. Shafali Verma was also amongst the runs with 69 off 37 deliveries, adding 84 runs for the third wicket with Kaur in just 6.5 overs. Nandani Sharma then snared 3 for 18 off her four overs to restrict the opponents well below the target.
ICC women's T20I team rankings: Updated table after IND vs ZIM T20I series
Despite the thrashing, there was no significant movement in the updated ICC women's T20I team rankings. India held on to their third place, gaining just one rating point after the clean sweep.
Zimbabwe, who came into this series at 16th place, remain there and have not lost any of their 120 rating points.
| Pos | Team | Matches | Points | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 30 | 8,753 | 292 |
| 2 | England | 38 | 10,504 | 276 |
| 3 | India | 52 | 13,779 | 265 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 34 | 8,444 | 248 |
| 5 | South Africa | 43 | 10,588 | 246 |
| 6 | West Indies | 36 | 8,572 | 238 |
| 7 | Sri Lanka | 45 | 10,702 | 238 |
| 8 | Pakistan | 41 | 8,675 | 212 |
| 9 | Ireland | 42 | 8,520 | 203 |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 43 | 8,371 | 195 |
| 11 | Scotland | 38 | 6,373 | 168 |
| 12 | Thailand | 65 | 9,961 | 153 |
| 13 | Papua New Guinea | 32 | 4,542 | 142 |
| 14 | Netherlands | 49 | 6,855 | 140 |
| 15 | UAE | 49 | 6,704 | 137 |
| 16 | Zimbabwe | 46 | 5,507 | 120 |
| 17 | Uganda | 54 | 6,056 | 112 |
| 18 | Namibia | 46 | 5,043 | 110 |
| 19 | USA | 28 | 2,741 | 98 |
| 20 | Tanzania | 38 | 3,607 | 95 |
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