Dubai, July 8 -- India spinner Deepti Sharma is on the cusp of becoming the No.1 ranked bowler in T20I cricket after she moved within eight rating points of top spot on the latest ICC Women's T20I Player Rankings.
Deepti has sat inside the top 10 rankings for T20I bowlers for the majority of the last six years, but the 27-year-old has never held the top position despite the fact she has maintained great consistency in recent times.
The latest update to the T20I rankings has seen Deepti gain one spot and overtake Australia pacer Annabel Sutherland to regain second place on the rankings, with the right-armer now just eight rating points behind Pakistan's Sadia Iqbal at the top of the rankings.
Deepti earns her latest rise on the back of a ...