Pakistan’s Sadia Iqbal has stormed back to the pinnacle of the ICC Women’s T20I bowling rankings, overtaking Australia’s Annabel Sutherland and India’s Deepti Sharma after a stellar showing in her team’s recent 1-2 series loss to South Africa.
This update, hot on the heels of gripping white-ball action, including South Africa’s 2-1 T20I triumph over Pakistan (February 10-18, 2026) and India’s 21-run win in the rain-hit first T20I against Australia (February 15), sees a trio of Indian bowlers climb too, underscoring a thrilling week for subcontinental talent.
T20I Bowling Rankings
Sadia Iqbal grabbed five wickets across the South Africa series, including a match-winning 3/18 in the series finale, propelling her up two places to No.1. She ended as the joint-highest wicket-taker of the T20I series alongside South Africa’s Ayabonga Khaka. Indian bowlers shone too: Renuka Singh rose six spots to fifth, Arundhati Reddy jumped 19 to equal 16th, and N Sree Charani climbed eight to 39th after the Sydney win. Iqbal’s return to the summit marks her third stint at the top since late 2024.
Sophie Ecclestone from England has climbed up one spot to the 3rd position. Nashra Sandhu from Pakistan has picked up 2 wickets in three matches and climbed up one spot to the 9th position (703 points). New Zealand’s newly appointed skipper, Amelia Kerr, climbed up a couple of spots to the 11th position (687 points). Hayley Matthews from the West Indies climbed up one spot to the 16th position (653 points). Fahima Khatun from Bangladesh has climbed up a couple of spots to the 31st position (559 points), and New Zealand’s Lea Tahuhu has climbed up a couple of spots to the 32nd position (555 points).
Arlene Kelly from Ireland has climbed up a couple of spots to the 34th position (550 points). Olivia Bell from Scotland has climbed up a couple of spots to the 37th position (536 points). Ayabonga Khaka from South Africa has climbed up a couple of spots to the 41st position (519 points). Orla Prendergast has climbed up 3 spots to the 42nd position (511 points). Pooja Vastrakar has climbed up a couple of spots to the 44th position (505 points).
Sri Lanka’s Chamari Athapaththu (46th position [494 points]), UAE’s Heena Hotchandani (47th position [493 points]), New Zealand’s Jess Kerr, and Thailand’s Onnicha Kamchomphu (49th position [485 points]) have climbed up a couple of spots each. Abtaha Maqsood from Scotland has climbed up 4 spots alongside Ireland’s Jane Maguire and the UAE’s Michelle Botha to the 50th position (483 points). Papua New Guinea’s Isabel Toua climbed up four spots to the 53rd position (480 points).
T20I Batting Rankings
Laura Wolvaardt advanced one place to fourth after scoring 112 runs at a strike rate of 143.58 and an average of 56 in three innings, including a half-century in 3 matches, ending the series as the leading run-scorer for her side and the 2nd highest run-scorer of the T20I series. Pakistan skipper Fatima Sana rocketed 31 positions to equal 28th, boosted by her unbeaten 47 off 30 balls in the final game of the series, earning Player of the Match honours. She ended as the leading run-scorer of the series with 146 runs at a strike rate of 184.81 and an average of 73 in three innings, including a half-century in 3 matches with the bat for her side in the series.
Suzie Bates from New Zealand has climbed up one spot to the 8th position (671 points). The Indian duo of Jemimah Rodrigues and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur has climbed up one spot each to the 11th (638 points) and 12th position (634 points), respectively. Phoebe Litchfield from Australia scored 26 runs at a strike rate of 136.84 and an average of 26 in the 1st T20I against India. As a result, she has climbed up one spot to the 17th position (626 points). Ellyse Perry chipped in with a handy cameo (20 runs at a strike rate of 181.81). She has climbed up one spot to equal the 20th position (593 points) alongside Sophia Dunkley from England. Deepti Sharma from India climbed up one spot to the 33rd position (521 points).
Georgia Voll from Australia scored 18 runs at a strike rate of 180 in the first T20I against India. As a result, she has climbed up four spots to equal the 39th position (493 points). Annerie Dercksen from South Africa scored 39 runs in a couple of innings with the bat for her side in the series against Pakistan. As a result, she earned a significant rise as she has climbed up 13 spots to the 76th position (355 points). The leg-spin bowling all-rounder Georgia Wareham scored 30 runs against India and was the stand-out performer with the bat for Australia. She has climbed up 9 spots to the 90th position (321 points).
T20I All-rounder Rankings
Fatima Sana climbed five spots to sixth for her all-phase impact, blending explosive batting with key wickets like the South African skipper, Laura Wolvaardt, in the 3rd T20I. Her dual-threat display underscores Pakistan’s resilience despite the series loss. Australia’s Georgia Wareham has climbed up a couple of spots to the 12th position (217 points). Arundhati Reddy from India has climbed up 12 spots to the 31st position (124 points).
Pakistan’s Sadia Iqbal climbed up one spot to equal the 36th position (111 points) alongside India’s Renuka Singh. Nashra Sandhu from Pakistan climbed up 8 spots to equal the 45th position (99 points) alongside Papua New Guinea’s Henao Thomas and Sri Lanka’s Inoshi Priyasharshani.
South Africa’s all-rounder Annerie Dercksen has earned a massive rise as she has climbed up 30 spots to equal the 71st position (73 points) alongside Qiana Joseph from the West Indies. Rachel Andrew from Vanuatu has climbed up 3 spots to equal the 76th position (69 points) alongside India’s Shafali Verma, who has also climbed up a couple of spots, Australia’s Darcie Brown, and Scotland’s Darcey Carter has climbed up three spots.
The Netherlands’ Robine Rijke and Ireland’s Ava Canning have climbed up 3 spots each to equal the 84th position (64 points) alongside Thailand’s duo of Onnicha Kamchomphu and Sunida Chaturongrattana. Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur has climbed up one spot to equal the 92nd position (59 points) alongside Nepal’s Sita Rana Magar, who also climbed up one spot.
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