Deepti Sharma broke the world record. (Photo- GETTY)
Deepti Sharma vs PAK: The Indian women’s cricket team made a great start to its T20 World Cup campaign by defeating arch-rival Pakistan by a huge margin of 64 runs in its very first match. The biggest star of this explosive and one-sided victory of India was all-rounder Deepti Sharma. Deepti not only completely destroyed Pakistani batting with her magical bowling, but also achieved two such big milestones in the history of women’s cricket which no one had been able to achieve till date.
Deepti Sharma’s strong bowling
In this match, Deepti Sharma bowled brilliantly against Pakistan and took 5 wickets for just 10 runs in 4 overs. With this, she has become the bowler who has recorded the best bowling figures from India in the history of Women’s T20 World Cup. She has left behind the records of Renuka Singh and Priyanka Roy. Renuka Singh had taken 5 wickets for 15 runs against England in the year 2023. At the same time, Priyanka Roy took 5 wickets for 16 runs in 2009.
Deepti Sharma broke the world record
With this memorable performance, Deepti Sharma has now achieved the distinction of taking the most wickets in the history of T20 International cricket. She is now at number one in the world with 166 wickets in 145 T20I matches. With this he has left behind Thailand’s Puthavong (165 wickets). Along with this, Deepti Sharma has created a new history in world cricket. She has become the first spin bowler in the world to touch the mark of 350 wickets in the history of women’s international cricket.
Also ahead in the race for Player of the Match awards
For this brilliant performance against Pakistan, Deepti Sharma was also awarded the title of Player of the Match. Deepti has now come to third place in the list of players who have won the most Player of the Match awards from India in the history of T20 World Cup. He has won this award for the second time. Whereas, Ramanpreet Kaur is at the forefront with 4 awards. Apart from these, Mithali Raj had won this award thrice.
