Chamari Athapaththu breaks into top 10

Sri Lanka's Chamari Athapaththu gained six positions to break into the top 10 in the MRF Tyres ICC Women's T20I rankings for batters.

Athapaththu had a superb performance in the Commonwealth Games Qualifiers, where she amassed 221 runs at an outstanding average and strike-rate of 55.25 and 185.71 respectively.

She is now sitting in eighth place in the rankings.

She led Sri Lanka from the front with her batting performances and helped them in winning the tournament as well.

he was equally good with the ball and registered figures of 3/17 in the final against Bangladesh, along with playing yet another swashbuckling knock of 48 at the top of the order.

She made a significant gain in the all-rounder's rankings too, as she rose a place above to the seventh spot.

India's Shafali Verma regained her position at the top of the batter's rankings once again while her opening partner Smriti Mandhana dropped a place to fourth.

Australian duo Beth Mooney and Meg Lanning occupy the second and third positions in the rankings respectively.