India all-rounder Deepti Sharma said she never stopped believing in her hard work during the nine-year-long wait for hitting a second ODI hundred, which finally ended when she scored an unbeaten 106 against Zimbabwe in the team’s 121-run win in the second ODI.

At the BCA Stadium on Sunday, Deepti’s unbeaten 86-ball knock helped India reach 328/6 and then get a series-clinching win with a game to spare. Deepti’s maiden ODI hundred had come in May 2017, an epic 188 off 160 balls against Ireland in South Africa.