ICC ODI Rankings: India's Smriti Mandhana becomes world No. 1 for the first time in six years

ICC ODI Rankings: India opener Smriti Mandhana has returned to the world no. 1 spot in the ICC ODI rankings for the first time in six years on Tuesday, displacing South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt who lost 19 rating points.While Mandhana has sat inside the top 10 on the list for ODI batters in recent times, the left-hander hasn't held the premier position since the start of 2019 as a drought of more than six years comes to an end.

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Mandhana has been in excellent touch of late, topping the charts for India in the recent tri-series in Sri Lanka, amassing 264 runs across five outings with a 52.80 average and a strike rate of 90.41. Mandhana scored a superb century during India’s victorious final against Sri Lanka and South Africa in Colombo. It was Mandhana’s 11th ODI century of her career and contributed to the left-hander improving her rati