Deepti Sharma: Team India’s star all-rounder Deepti Sharma has created history by scoring a century in the second T20 match against Zimbabwe.
Deepti Sharma: Team India’s star all-rounder Deepti Sharma has created history by scoring a century in the second T20 match against Zimbabwe. In this ongoing match in Vadodara, Deepti played an unbeaten inning of 106 runs in 86 balls, which included 15 fours. During this, he completed his century in 83 balls. Deepti has scored a century in ODI cricket after almost 9 years. Along with this, he has also made 3 big records in his name.
Deepti Sharma created history
In this match played in Vadodara, Team India, who came to bat first after winning the toss, lost 4 wickets on the score of 148 runs. After this, Deepti Sharma, who came to bat at number six, took over the innings along with former captain Harmanpreet Kaur. Both the batsmen made a partnership of 153 runs for the fifth wicket. During this, he completed his century in 83 balls. This was Deepti’s second century in ODI cricket. With this century, Deepti has become the first Indian woman player to score a century in ODI while batting at number 6 or below. In this matter he has left Richa Ghosh behind.
Deepti Sharma becomes the first Indian woman to score an ODI hundred at No. 6 or lower.
Richa Ghosh’s 94 against South Africa at Vizag last year was the previous highest score. https://t.co/iHbHYz2zzu
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Scored the fifth fastest century in ODI
Deepti Sharma has scored the fifth fastest century for India in ODI cricket. She has become the third Indian female player to do so. Before him, Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur had achieved this feat. The record of scoring the fastest century in this format for India is held in the name of Smriti Mandhana, who completed her century in 50 balls in the match played against Australia in Delhi in 2025. Now, after completing her century in 83 balls, Deepti Sharma has entered this special club.
Partnership of 153 runs with Harmanpreet Kaur
In this match, there was a partnership of 153 runs between Harmanpreet Kaur and Deepti Sharma, this is the biggest partnership for the wicket of fifth or lower order by the Indian women’s team in ODI. This has broken the record of the previous partnership of 122 runs made by Sneh Rana and Pooja Vastrakar against Pakistan in the 2022 World Cup.