Dubai, Feb. 17 -- Pakistan spinner Sadia Iqbal has regained her place as the No.1 T20I bowler in the world by making big gains in the latest ICC Women's Player Rankings.

Iqbal has overtaken Australia seamer Annabel Sutherland and India spinner Deepti Sharma to move back to the top spot on the back of some excellent performances for Pakistan in their recent three-game T20I series against South Africa, as per the ICC website.

The left-armer finished as the joint leading wicket-taker across the series with five wickets, with her spell of 3/18 in the series final in Benoni proving enough to take her up two places and back to the No.1 position.

Iqbal first held the premier spot for T20I bowlers towards the end of 2024 and also enjoyed furth...