A new era for the Indian women’s cricket team has started. After winning the ODI World Cup under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur, the Indian team has now entered the era of new captain Smriti Mandhana. In this new era, some new players can also gradually be seen in the team and it will not be surprising if Nikki Prasad’s name continues to remain in it. This young player of only 20 years has left a mark in her debut series itself. First with the bat and now with the bowling.
Nikki Prasad’s international career started with the ongoing T20 series between the women’s teams of India and Zimbabwe. Nikki made her debut in the very first match of the series. In this match, Nikki saved Team India which was stuck in a difficult situation and along with Deepti Sharma, gave the team a memorable victory. In that match, Nicky played an unbeaten inning of 39 runs.
Wicket on first ball of career
After doing wonders with the bat in the first match, now it was the turn of bowling. In the second match of the series, Nicky created history by taking a wicket on the very first ball of his international career. Nicky, who came to bowl in the 15th over, dismissed Chipo Tiripano on the first ball. Tiripano scored the highest score of 34 runs for Zimbabwe. She became the first Indian woman bowler to take a wicket on the first ball in international cricket.
Nikki Prasad became the first Indian bowler
But Nicky’s magic did not end on the first ball. Even on the second ball, this young off-spinner stole the show by taking the wicket. With this, she became the first Indian cricketer (men and women combined) to take 2 wickets in her first 2 balls of international cricket. Although Nicky could not take her hat-trick, she still got her name registered in history. In his 2 overs, Nicky gave 7 runs and took 2 wickets.