Sobhana, Fahima, Rabyea gain in ICC rankings

Amid the Bangladesh Women’s team’s substandard performance in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup, some players progressed in the updated ICC players’ rankings.

Fahima Khatun, Rabeya Akter and Sobhana Mostari were amongst the gainers. Sobhana Mostari got the reward of her fine fifty against England in Bangladesh’s second match. The Tigresses even could have won the game had luck supported them to some extent.

Mostari’s 50 against England was his first in his ODI career, which helped her leapfrog 15 places to sit at 70 in the rankings.

Fahima has also improved in the rankings of women’s ODI batters. She has moved up seven places to 92nd at this moment. The leg-spinning all-rounder has also gained in bowling by moving up 18 places to 27th.

Among the bowlers, another leg-spinner, Rabeya Khan has moved up three places to sit at 18th.

Both Fahima and Rabeya have improved in the rankings of ODI all-rounders. Rabeya has moved up 23 places to 26th and Fahima is next to her.

Nahida Akhtar is at the top of the rankings among Bangladesh bowlers. The left-arm spinner is now at 11th place, even though she lost two places following her below-par performance against New Zealand and South Africa.

Marufa Akter bowled brilliantly in her first match of the World Cup, which was reflected in her rankings as she improved considerably.

However, she lost four places this week after failing to live up to the expectation in the next two matches. The pacer is now joint 45th in the bowling rankings.