Nikki Prasad continued her remarkable start to international cricket after playing a match-winning knock in the first T20I between India and Zimbabwe, which was her debut.
She took two wickets in the second game as the Women in Blue sealed a series victory in what is their first assignment since Smriti Mandhana took charge as the full-time captain of the side.
Praasd was used with the ball for the first time in her career by India and ended with incredible figures of 2-7 in two overs. The 20-year-old took a wicket on the first two balls of her spell, with the wickets of Chipo Spiwe Mugeri-Tiripano (34 of 32) and Nyasha Gwanzura (0 of 1) in the 15th over of the match.
Nikki Prasad Creates History
Nikki is the first Indian female cricketer to take a wicket on the first ball of her T20I career. Among male cricketers, three have previously managed to do it, with Virat Kohli being the last to achieve it in 2011 against England.
Indians To Take Wicket On First Ball Of T20I Career
| Player | Opponent | Venue | Year | Batter Dismissed |
| Ajit Agarkar | South Africa Men’s Cricket Team | Johannesburg | 2006 | Herschelle Gibbs |
| Pragyan Ojha | Bangladesh Men’s Cricket Team | Trent Bridge | 2009 | Shakib Al Hasan |
| Virat Kohli (Wide) | England Men’s Cricket Team | Old Trafford | 2011 | Kevin Pietersen |
| Nikki Prasad | Zimbabwe Women’s Cricket Team | Raipur | 2026 | Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano |
Meanwhile, Nikki has become only the fourth women’s T20I cricketer in history to achieve this and the second player from a full-member nation to get a wicket on the first ball of her career, after South Africa’s Chloe Tyron.
Women’s Cricketers To Get Wicket On First Ball Of T20I Career
| Player | Team | Opponent | Batter Dismissed | Venue | Year |
| Chloe Tryon | South Africa | West Indies | Stafanie Taylor | St. Kitts | 2010 |
| Akshatha Rao | USA | Bangladesh | Rahman Ayasha | Arboath | 2019 |
| Suhani Thadani | USA | Brazil | Roberta Avery | Naucalpan | 2021 |
| Niki Prasad | India | Zimbabwe | Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano | Raipur | 2026 |
Meanwhile, Nikki has set a unique world record as the first female player from a Test-playing nation to take two wickets on the first two balls of her career in T20Is. The only other player to achieve the feat in Women’s T20Is is USA’s Akshata Rao. The only male player to record the incredible achievement is Australia’s Michael Kasprowicz, who did it in the first-ever men’s T20I between Australia and New Zealand in 2005.