Historic feat of Shri Charani. (Photo-GETTY)
Shree Charani, ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026: The Indian team may have faced a close defeat by 6 wickets in the thrilling match played against South Africa in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, but India’s young spinner Shri Charani created history with her magical bowling. In this match, Shri Charani bowled brilliantly in his quota of 4 overs, giving only 24 runs and taking 3 important wickets, due to which the Indian team managed to drag the match till the last over.
Historic feat of Shri Charani
This T20 World Cup is proving to be very memorable for the young sensation Shri Charani. He has made the opposing batsmen dance on his toes from the very first match of the tournament. In the first match of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, she took 3 wickets for 21 runs for Pakistan. Then in the second match against Netherlands, she looked even more lethal and sent 4 batsmen to the pavilion after spending only 19 runs.
In this way, Shri Charani has taken 10 wickets in the first 3 matches played in the tournament. He currently occupies the first position in the list of bowlers taking the most wickets in this year’s World Cup edition. At the same time, this is only the second time in the history of the Women’s T20 World Cup when an Indian bowler has touched the magical figure of taking 10 wickets in a single edition of the tournament. Before him, in the 2020 T20 World Cup, experienced spinner Poonam Yadav had taken 10 wickets in 5 matches. Shri Charani has equaled this record in just 3 matches.
Can create a new mega record for India
The Indian team still has to play 2 more matches in the group stage of this tournament. With the explosive form that Shri Charani is in, if she takes one wicket in the next matches, she will become the first Indian bowler to take more than 10 wickets in one edition of the T20 World Cup. Apart from this, the world record for taking the most wickets in a single edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup is held by New Zealand’s Amelia Kerr, who took a total of 15 wickets in the 2024 World Cup. To make this record, Mr. Charani will have to take 6 wickets.
