New Delhi, Dec. 30 -- India star batter Shafali Verma has recieved a significant boost as the youngster climbed to sixth place in the latest ICC Women's T20I Batting Rankings on Tuesday, according to ICC.

The right-handed batter gained a total of four places to move to sixth place on the updated list of Women's T20I batting rankings following an excellent show in the ongoing five-match T20I series against Sri Lanka on home soil.

The 21-year-old Verma is the leading run-getter in the five-match T20I series against Sri Lanka. In four matches, the Indian opener has slammed 236 runs at an astonishing average of 118, along with three fifties. Verma is the only one to have breached the 200-run mark in the ongoing T20I series.

Her teammate an...