“There have been a lot of improvements. Earlier, whenever we would play against Australia the games never used to go that close. This is one positive (from the last match) that we are able to take it till the end,” Deepti said ahead of 3rd ODI at Wankhede Stadium on January 1, 2024.
Deepti Sharma picked a historic fifer against Australia women in the ongoing ODI series. Deepti recently scored a match-turning 78 in the one-off Test match against the Aussies.
In-form spin all-rounder Deepti Sharma top-scored with 78 runs off 171 balls to help India score 406 runs in their first innings and then captain Harmanpreet Kaur shone with a ball to put India in complete control of the one-off Test at the end of Day 3's play in Mumbai.
India find themselves in a position of strength after two days of Test cricket in the one-off match against Australia. With a 157-run lead and two days still remaining, the hosts will hope to bat Australia out of the game on Day 3 with Deepti Sharma unbeaten on 70.
Indian women's cricket team extended its dominance over the only Test against England in Navi Mumbai as they are now 478 runs ahead after the end of the second day's play. Deepti Sharma was the star of the show with the figures of 5/7 as England collapsed from 108/3 to 136 all out.
Team India amassed 410 runs on the board, the second highest aggregate for a women's Test on Day 1 as four players scored half-centuries while skipper Harmanpreet Kaur missed it by just one run. The home team would hope to add a few more runs on Day 2 to extend further pressure on England.
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Deepti took crucial wickets and contributed to restricting the West Indies to a total of 118/6 after 20 overs.
Team India will begin its World Cup campaign in the opening match against Pakistan on February 12 at Newlands, Cape Town.
ICC Players Rankings: The Indian Women's team is currently playing in a T20I Tri-series against South Africa and West Indies. Ahead of the T20 World Cup, an Indian player has made big gains in ICC Players Rankings.
INDW vs AUSW, 1st T20I: After setting Australia a target of 173, India's fielding was sloppy and Radha Yadav gave Beth Mooney a reprieve, before the opener slammed a match-winning 57-ball 89 to seal the win with 11 balls to spare
ICC Players rankings: Smriti Mandhana and Deepti Sharma scales positions in T20I rankings. Renuka Singh Thakur and Sneh Rana also move up.
ICC Women's T20I rankings: Deepti Sharma now remains behind Matthews and Sophie Devine on the same list. Sharma's compatriot Jemimah Rodrigues has made some notable gains in the list as she has jumped ahead of Shafali Verma.
After the incident, fans of England and some veterans were angry about Deepti's decision. But skipper Harmanpreet Kaur strongly supported her.
Heather Knight, the captain of the England cricket team, took to Twitter and said that Team India shouldn't be justifying their decision to affect run-out by lying.
Many were of the opinion that Deepti and the Indian team should have at least warned her and then affected the run-out. The players and Deepti Sharma remained quiet for a while, but in a recent media interaction, Deepti Sharma spilt the beans as to what really happened.
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England cricketer Stuart Broad also gave his take on the incident.
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