{"id":28064,"date":"2026-06-28T22:50:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T17:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/record-deepti-sharma-scripts-history-despite-indias-womens-t20-world-cup-exit-becomes-highest-ever-to-take-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T22:50:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T17:20:39","slug":"record-deepti-sharma-scripts-history-despite-indias-womens-t20-world-cup-exit-becomes-highest-ever-to-take-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/record-deepti-sharma-scripts-history-despite-indias-womens-t20-world-cup-exit-becomes-highest-ever-to-take-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Record! Deepti Sharma scripts history despite India&#8217;s Women&#8217;s T20 World Cup exit, becomes highest ever to take&#8230; | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132055466,imgsize-104640,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/india-v-pakistan-icc-women39s-t20-world-cup-england-amp-wales-2026.jpg\" alt=\"Record! Deepti Sharma scripts history despite India's Women's T20 World Cup exit, becomes highest ever to take...\" title=\"Deepti Sharma of India (Photo by Philip Brown\/Getty Images)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Deepti Sharma of India (Photo by Philip Brown\/Getty Images)\">Deepti Sharma of India (Photo by Philip Brown\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: India spinner <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/deepti-sharma\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Deepti Sharma<\/a> etched her name into the record books during India&#8217;s must-win Women&#8217;s T20 World Cup clash against Australia, becoming the highest wicket-taker in the history of women&#8217;s international cricket.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>Deepti achieved the landmark when she dismissed Australian opener Beth Mooney, who miscued a slog sweep and was caught by Radha Yadav at long-on. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>The wicket took Deepti&#8217;s tally to 356 international wickets, moving her past former India pacer <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/jhulan-goswami\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Jhulan Goswami<\/a> (355) to the top of the all-time list. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>Australia&#8217;s Ellyse Perry (336), England&#8217;s Katherine Sciver-Brunt (335), Sophie Ecclestone (333) and South Africa&#8217;s Shabnim Ismail (323) complete the top six.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Most wickets in Women\u2019s international cricket<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"20\">\n<ul>\n<li>356 &#8211; Deepti Sharma (IND)<\/li>\n<li>355 &#8211; Jhulan Goswami (IND)<\/li>\n<li>336 &#8211; Ellyse Pelly (AUS)<\/li>\n<li>335 &#8211; Katherine Sciver-Brunt (ENG)<\/li>\n<li>333 &#8211; Sophie Ecclestone (ENG)<\/li>\n<li>323 &#8211; Shabnim Ismail (SA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>Earlier, India posted 170\/4 after captain <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/harmanpreet-kaur\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Harmanpreet Kaur<\/a> produced a brilliant unbeaten knock of 56 off just 27 balls. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>The innings came at a crucial time as India needed a win to keep their semifinal hopes alive after South Africa&#8217;s victory over Bangladesh.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>India started steadily, with Smriti Mandhana (38) and Shafali Verma (34) adding 66 runs for the opening wicket. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>However, the scoring rate remained moderate before Shafali was dismissed while trying to accelerate. Soon after, Mandhana was run out following a mix-up with Jemimah Rodrigues, leaving India under pressure.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>Jemimah scored 34 off 28 balls but struggled to maintain momentum and was eventually retired out before the final over to make way for big-hitter Richa Ghosh.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/>While India&#8217;s batting effort appeared slightly below par for much of the innings, Harmanpreet changed the game&#8217;s momentum in spectacular fashion. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"37\"\/>The skipper smashed three consecutive sixes off Australian captain Sophie Molineux in the final over, helping India score 23 runs in the last six balls and finish with a competitive total of 170.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"40\"\/>Eventually, Australia defeated India by six wickets in their crucial Women&#8217;s T20 World Cup clash, knocking the Women in Blue out of the tournament. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"42\"\/>Chasing 171, Australia reached the target with an over to spare, thanks to a match-winning performance from Ellyse Perry, who was named Player of the Match for a 56-run knock. Earlier, Harmanpreet Kaur&#8217;s explosive half-century had helped India post 170\/4.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"44\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/icc-womens-t20-world-cup\/record-deepti-sharma-scripts-history-despite-indias-womens-t20-world-cup-exit-becomes-highest-ever-to-take-\/articleshow\/132055132.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deepti Sharma of India (Photo by Philip Brown\/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: India spinner Deepti Sharma etched her name into the record books during India&#8217;s must-win Women&#8217;s T20 World Cup clash against Australia, becoming the highest wicket-taker in the history of women&#8217;s international cricket.Deepti achieved the landmark when she dismissed Australian opener Beth Mooney, who miscued [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}