Dubai, May 5 -- Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu has made significant strides in the latest ICC Women's T20I Player Rankings, underlining her strong form weeks before the upcoming ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026.

Athapaththu,36, played a pivotal role in Sri Lanka's dominant 3-0 series sweep over Bangladesh, earning Player of the Series honours with 115 runs across three innings while also claiming four wickets. The all-round performance has propelled her up three places to 41st in the T20I bowling rankings, while she climbed two spots to third in the all-rounders' list.

According to ICC, the Sri Lankan skipper has moved ahead of India's Deepti Sharma and Australia's Ash Gardner in the all-rounder standings, with only New Zealand's A...