As star India all-rounder Sharma becomes highest wicket-taker in WT20Is (152 wickets), mid-day looks at her Top 3 bowling displays
India’s Deepti Sharma celebrates a wicket vs SL on Tuesday. PIC/BCCI
4-10 vs West Indies, Gros Islet, 2019
After winning the first T20I of the five-match series, India romped to a 10-wicket victory in the second game, thanks to a Player-of-the-Match performance by Deepti. Her off-spin cleaned up the middle and lower order, including top-scorer Chedean Nation (32), and helped India restrict West Indies to 103-7. Openers Shafali Verma (69 not out) and Smriti Mandhana (30 not out) made light work of the 104-run target, reaching it in just 10.3 overs.
3-7 vs Thailand, Sylhet, 2022
Riding on Shafali Verma’s 42 and skipper Harmanpreet Kaur’s 36, India posted 148-6 in the Women’s Asia Cup tie. Deepti then bamboozled Thailand’s top order, dismissing openers Nannapat Koncharoenkai (5) and Natthakan Chantham (4), as well as No. 4 batter Sornnarin Tippoch (5). The all-rounder also effected the run out of Onnicha Kamchomphu (2). Thailand were ultimately restricted to 74-9.
3-8 vs South Africa, Surat, 2019
In the first game of the six-match series, India posted a middling 130-8, helped by skipper Harmanpreet Kaur’s 43. In the second innings, Deepti bagged her maiden three-wicket haul in T20Is, dismissing Tazmin Brits (3), Nadine de Clerk (0), and Shabnim Ismail (6) to help India bowl SA out for 119 (19.5 overs). Shikha Pandey (2-18), Poonam Yadav (2-25), and Radha Yadav (2-29) claimed two wickets apiece.
Deepti’s wickets by country
>> 29 vs Australia
>> 25 vs England
>> 21 vs Sri Lanka
>> 20 vs West Indies
>> 16 vs South Africa
>> 11 vs Bangladesh
>> 9 vs Pakistan
>> 7 vs Thailand
>> 6 vs New Zealand
>> 3 vs Nepal
>> 2 vs UAE
>> 2 vs Ireland
>> 1 vs Malaysia
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