Women's T20 World Cup 2024 is currently being played in Dubai. Meanwhile, ICC released women's T20 rankings. Sophie Ecclestone of England still remains number-1 in the ranking of bowlers. Wasofi Ecclestone has been number-1 in the women's T20 rankings since February 2020. But this crown was snatched from her during T20 World Cup 2024, but after the update became public, Ecclestone again became number-1 at the end of the week, due to which no one came to know about it. In fact, Pakistan's Sadia Iqbal had become the number-1 bowler in the ICC Women's T20 rankings for some time.

The number 1 crown was snatched away from this bowler in a short time.

Pakistan's Sadia Iqbal became the world's top-ranked bowler by defeating Sophie Ecclestone after the first match of the T20 World Cup 2024. For a few days last week, Sadia Iqbal was the number-1 bowler. In fact, Iqbal had equaled Ecclestone by taking 3 wickets for 17 runs against Sri Lanka in Pakistan's first match of the T20 World Cup. At the same time, Ecclestone took 0 wickets for 21 runs in her first match and she lagged behind.

But Pakistan played its second match in the T20 World Cup against India, in which it lost. In this match, Saadia Iqbal took only 1 wicket for 23 runs. On the other hand, Sophie Ecclestone took 2 wickets in England's second match against South Africa, due to which she once again became the number-1 bowler and when the updates were made public, Sophie Ecclestone managed to retain her crown.

Saadia Iqbal created history

Sadia Iqbal may have become the number-1 bowler in T20 for a short time, but she still created history. In fact, Sadia Iqbal became the first player from her country to reach the top in the ICC Women's T20I Rankings. At the same time, Sadia became the second female Pakistani player to reach the top in the women's ranking. Earlier, former Pakistan captain Sana Mir had become number-1 in the ODI bowling rankings in 2018-2019. Although there is a difference of only eight points (762 and 754) between Sadia Iqbal and Sophie Ecclestone, Sadia once again has a chance to overtake Ecclestone.