Women’s T20 World Cup 2026: Team India has made a great start with victory in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026. In the first match, the Indian team led by Harmanpreet Kaur defeated Pakistan by 64 runs. While Smriti Mandhana performed brilliantly in batting, Deepti Sharma ruined the Pakistani team in bowling.
The match had become one-sided in front of Deepti’s lethal bowling. In this match he has also achieved a special achievement in his name. This was Deepti’s best bowling figure in the Women’s T20 World Cup. His precise line-length and turn completely troubled the Pakistani batsmen and the team kept losing wickets continuously.
The biggest star of this match was Deepti Sharma, who bowled brilliantly and took 5 wickets for just 10 runs in 4 overs. With this brilliant performance, Deepti Sharma has created history in T20 International cricket. She has now become the world’s most successful bowler with 166 wickets in 145 matches. He has achieved this feat by leaving behind Thailand’s Puthavong (165 wickets).
This performance of Deepti Sharma has become the best bowling figure for India in the Women’s T20 World Cup history. In this matter, he left behind the records of Indian bowlers Renuka Singh and Priyanka Roy.
1. Renuka Singh: 5 wickets for 15 runs against England in 2023
2. Priyanka Roy: 5 wickets for 16 runs in 2009
3. Deepti Sharma: 5 wickets for 10 runs (new record)
Batting first in this match, the Indian team scored 170 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. For Team India, Smriti Mandhana played the highest innings of 68 runs in 44 balls, which included 9 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from this, Harmanpreet Kaur played an inning of 36 runs and Richa Ghosh played an inning of 34 runs.
After this, while chasing the target of 171 runs, Pakistan team collapsed for 106 runs in 17 overs. Muniba Ali played the highest innings of 41 runs for Pakistan. While bowling for Team India, Deepti Sharma took 5 wickets and Sricharani took 3 wickets.
