{"id":8675,"date":"2025-05-27T09:05:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T09:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=8675"},"modified":"2025-05-27T09:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T09:05:08","slug":"sadia-iqbal-becomes-worlds-premier-t20i-bowler-in-icc-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=8675","title":{"rendered":"Sadia Iqbal becomes world&#8217;s premier T20I bowler in ICC rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Pakistan\u2019s Sadia Iqbal has risen to the top of the ICC Women\u2019s T20I Bowler Rankings, reclaiming the No.1 spot after a re-shuffle at the top.<\/p>\n<p>Iqbal&#8217;s climb follows the absence of England&#8217;s Sophie Ecclestone, who sat out her side&#8217;s recent T20I series against the West Indies.<\/p>\n<p>Iqbal, a key performer in Pakistan\u2019s successful 2024 Women\u2019s T20 World Cup campaign, has once again demonstrated her consistency and skill.<\/p>\n<p>She had briefly held the No.1 position during last year\u2019s T20 World Cup, but Ecclestone\u2019s absence in recent weeks allowed the Pakistan spinner to reclaim the top ranking.<\/p>\n<p>She is also joined by Nashra Sandhu from Pakistan, who retains her No. 8 rank.<\/p>\n<p>Ecclestone drops to fourth in the latest rankings following her absence, while Lauren Bell, England\u2019s emerging pace bowler, jumps 13 spots to sixth after a strong performance against the West Indies.<\/p>\n<p>Bell took seven wickets in the series, helping her rise up the rankings.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by ICC (@icc)<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Hayley Matthews of the West Indies has also seen success, moving up to second in the T20I batting rankings after her Player of the Series performance against England.<\/p>\n<p>Matthews scored 177 runs in the series, maintaining her all-rounder status as she also claimed three wickets.<\/p>\n<p>The latest rankings also see England&#8217;s Nat Sciver-Brunt, Heather Knight, and Sophia Dunkley rise following their performances with the bat against the West Indies.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan\u2019s Sadia Iqbal has risen to the top of the ICC Women\u2019s T20I Bowler Rankings, reclaiming the No.1 spot after a re-shuffle at the top. Iqbal&#8217;s climb follows the absence of England&#8217;s Sophie Ecclestone, who sat out her side&#8217;s recent T20I series against the West Indies. Iqbal, a key performer in Pakistan\u2019s successful 2024 Women\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}