Deepti Sharma scripted historical past for the India Women‘s National Cricket Team. Tonight, against the Zimbabwe Women’s National Cricket Team, the Women in Blue were in trouble, dropping multiple top- and middle-order batters. Harmanpreet Kaur was agency on the crease, however she wanted help to take the crew to a accountable whole.
When Kaur and the complete Indian cricket crew were searching for another batter to play a big knock for the crew, Deepti Sharma walked in the course of the BCA Stadium in Kotambi, Vadodara.
Deepti Sharma writes historical past, scoring an ODI century vs Zimbabwe
Because the No.6 batter of the Indian batting order, Deepti smashed a century, and crafted a hundred and fifty plus run partnership with Harmanpreet Kaur. Harmanpreet and Deepti’s 153-run stand is India Women’s highest partnership for the fifth wicket or decrease in ODIs.
Harmanpreet Kaur was dismissed after scoring 126 runs, however Deepti Sharma remained unbeaten and claimed 106 runs off 86 balls. With the centuries of Harmanpreet and Deepti, and a half-century from Pratika Rawat, India girls registered 328 in their innings. With the 106-run knock, Deepti grew to become the primary Indian woman to attain an ODI hundred at No. 6 or decrease. Additionally, it was one of the faster ODI centuries for the Indian Women’s cricket crew.
One of the quickest ODI centuries for the Indian girls’s cricket crew
The quickest ODI century for the Indian cricket crew in this explicit format belongs to Smriti Mandhana, for his 50-ball ton, which she scored against Australia in Delhi in 2025. In that very same 12 months, Mandhana bagged a 70-ball hundred and a 77-ball hundred as well. Tonight, Deepti took 83 balls to touch the hundred run mark.
Quickest ODI 100s for IND-W (by balls)
50 – Smriti Mandhana vs AUS, Delhi 2025
70 – Smriti Mandhana vs IRE, Rajkot, 2025
77 – Smriti Mandhana vs AUS, Mullanpur, 2025
82 – Harmanpreet Kaur vs ENG, Chester-le-Avenue, 2025
83 – Deepti Sharma vs ZIM, Vadodara, 2026*
Harmanpreet Kaur praises Deepti Sharma’s aggreesive batting against Zimbabwe
At the innings break, World Cup-winning former India captain Harmanpreet Kaur praised Deepti for her well-timed knock. Kaur told the broadcaster that after her partnership with Pratika, Deepti got here on the pitch and spread magic. As Deepti was in all-attacking mode, Kaur took her time largely to rotate the strike through operating between the wickets.
Deepti Sharma’s innings was decorated with fifteen 4s, and after the end of the innings, her strike price was 123.26. Kaur in her 121-ball knock, additionally hammered fifteen fours.
“After dropping two wickets, Pratika and I had a very good partnership, after which Deepti did the magic on the pitch. When anyone simply comes in and is getting boundaries, your job is to take singles and hold giving strike (talking about Deepti). Good to see that she was taking duty,ity and good to observe her from the other finish. It wasn’t a real wicket,” Harmanpreet Kaur mentioned about Deepti’s century against Zimbabwe tonight in Vadodara.
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