Deepti Sharma scripts history becomes India’s leading wicket-taker in across formats

In a must-win match in the ongoing ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, against a star-studded Australian women’s cricket team, Deepti Sharma achieves a rare milestone in international women’s cricket for the national cricket team.

Deepti Sharma has officially become India’s leading wicket-taker in women’s international cricket, surpassing the Indian great Jhulan Goswami in the wicket-taking tally.

Deepti Sharma creates history for the Indian women’s cricket team

The former team India captain ended her career with 355 international wickets, and Deepti now has 356, representing India across the formats. As soon as she dismissed the dangerous Aussie opener Beth Mooney, Deepti claimed the top rank of the list.

According to the stats, after the wicket of Beth Mooney, Deepti, a spinner, has confirmed 22 wickets in Tests, 166 wickets in ODIs, and 168 wickets in T20Is.

Deepti Sharma and the other bowlers of the Indian cricket team will have to take more wickets as the Australian cricket team has a deep batting order. To win the group match against India, Australia will have to score 171 runs in 20 overs.

With the wicket of Beth Mooney, Deepti Sharma has led the bowlers’ list with the most wickets. Australian star Ellyse Pelly is in third place with 336 wickets after Deepti and Jhulan. From England, there are two bowlers: Katherine Sciver-Brunt and Sophie Ecclestone, holding the fourth and sixth place respectively in the all-time leading wicket-takers list in women’s international cricket.

Most wickets in Women’s international cricket
356 – Deepti Sharma (IND)
355 – Jhulan Goswami (IND)
336 – Ellyse Pelly (AUS)
335 – Katherine Sciver-Brunt (ENG)
333 – Sophie Ecclestone (ENG)
323 – Shabnim Ismail (SA)

With the bat, Deepti did not get enough opportunity to show her batting skills, as the top half of the Indian batting line-up was right on the money against the quality bowling attack of Australia tonight, in England.

Batting first, India Women’s registered 170 runs in exchange for 4 wickets in 20 overs. The pair with Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma provided the team a solid foundation to secure a challenging total on the first innings of the game.

The other two batters, Jemimah Rodrigues and captain Harmanpreet Kaur also played well. Harmanpreet Kaur scored a rapid fire 56-run knock from 27 balls, smashing six 4s and three 6s, with a strike rate of 207.41. While the top-end batters of the team did well, the injury of Jemimah Rodrigues was an alarming sign for the team, as she had to leave the crease retired hurt.

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