{"id":827,"date":"2026-06-15T01:31:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T01:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportracker.in\/?p=827"},"modified":"2026-06-15T01:31:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T01:31:41","slug":"womens-t20-world-cup-deepti-sharma-sets-world-record-with-historic-five-for-against-pakistan-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportracker.in\/?p=827","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s T20 World Cup: Deepti Sharma sets world record with historic five-for against Pakistan | 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-131730977,imgsize-44556,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/deepti-sharma.jpg\" alt=\"Women's T20 World Cup: Deepti Sharma sets world record with historic five-for against Pakistan\" title=\"Deepti Sharma (Pic credit: BCCI Women)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Deepti Sharma (Pic credit: BCCI Women)\">Deepti Sharma (Pic credit: BCCI Women)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: India&#8217;s premier all-rounder <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/deepti-sharma\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Deepti Sharma<\/a> etched her name in the record books with a sensational five-wicket haul as India outclassed arch-rivals Pakistan by 64 runs in their ICC Women&#8217;s T20 World Cup opener at Edgbaston on Sunday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The 28-year-old off-spinner returned career-best figures of 5\/10 in four overs \u2014 the best bowling figures by an Indian woman in T20 World Cup history \u2014 and became the highest wicket-taker in Women&#8217;s T20 Internationals.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Deepti now has 166 wickets from 145 T20Is, overtaking Thailand spinner Thipatcha Putthawong, who had held the previous record with 165 wickets. Deepti&#8217;s five-for also made her only the third Indian bowler to claim a five-wicket haul in a Women&#8217;s T20 World Cup after Priyanka Roy (5\/16 against Pakistan in 2009) and Renuka Singh Thakur (5\/15 against England in 2023).<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Most wickets in Women\u2019s T20Is<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"16\">\n<ul>\n<li>166 &#8211; Deepti Sharma (IND)*<\/li>\n<li>165 &#8211; Thipatcha Putthawong (THA)<\/li>\n<li>160 &#8211; Henriette Ishimwe (RWA)<\/li>\n<li>152 &#8211; Megan Schutt (AUS)<\/li>\n<li>148 &#8211; O Kamchomphu (THA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Deepti&#8217;s spin web leaves Pakistan helpless<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Chasing 171, Pakistan had no answers to India&#8217;s disciplined spin attack. Apart from <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/muneeba-ali\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Muneeba Ali<\/a>&#8216;s fighting 41 off 35 balls, the batting line-up struggled to cope with the turn and variable pace on offer.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>Deepti was virtually unplayable on a surface that increasingly assisted the slower bowlers. She varied her pace brilliantly and kept attacking the stumps, removing Pakistan&#8217;s middle and lower order to finish with outstanding figures of 5\/10.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>&#8220;I like these kinds of wickets. Because it&#8217;s turning, I varied my pace in every ball and every over, and that helped me a lot,&#8221; Deepti said after receiving the Player of the Match award.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>&#8220;I just believed in myself and kept bowling in the right areas. I was never worried when I wasn&#8217;t getting wickets. I always believed that when the right time came, I would step up for the team,&#8221; she added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>Left-arm spinner Shree Charani complemented Deepti superbly with figures of 3\/21, while Shafali Verma chipped in with a wicket.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Five-wicket hauls for IND-W in T20 WCs<\/span><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"36\">\n<ul>\n<li>5\/10 &#8211; Deepti Shamra vs PAK, Birmingham, 2026*<\/li>\n<li>5\/15 &#8211; Renuka Thakur vs ENG, Gqeberha, 2023<\/li>\n<li>5\/16 &#8211; Priyanka Roy vs PAK, Taunton, 2009<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"37\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"39\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Mandhana, Richa power India to winning total<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"41\"\/>Earlier, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/smriti-mandhana\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Smriti Mandhana<\/a>&#8216;s elegant 68 off 44 balls laid the platform for India after they had slipped to 18\/2. The vice-captain added 91 runs with skipper <!-- -->Harmanpreet Kaur<!-- --> (36) to steady the innings before Richa Ghosh provided the late flourish with a blazing 34 off just 17 deliveries.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"47\"\/>The wicketkeeper-batter&#8217;s assault in the penultimate over yielded 23 runs and helped India post a challenging 170\/6.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"49\"\/>Deepti also praised the contributions of the batters, saying: &#8220;I especially want to mention Smriti and Harry Di&#8217;s partnership. From there, we got the momentum.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"51\"\/>India eventually bundled Pakistan out for 106 in 17 overs to begin their campaign in emphatic fashion.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"53\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/icc-womens-t20-world-cup\/womens-t20-world-cup-deepti-sharma-scripts-world-record-with-historic-five-for-against-pakistan\/articleshow\/131730965.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deepti Sharma (Pic credit: BCCI Women) NEW DELHI: India&#8217;s premier all-rounder Deepti Sharma etched her name in the record books with a sensational five-wicket haul as India outclassed arch-rivals Pakistan by 64 runs in their ICC Women&#8217;s T20 World Cup opener at Edgbaston on Sunday.The 28-year-old off-spinner returned career-best figures of 5\/10 in four overs&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportracker.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportracker.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportracker.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportracker.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportracker.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportracker.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportracker.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportracker.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportracker.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportracker.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}