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Deepti Sharma (BCCI Photo)
NEW DELHI: India all-rounder Deepti Sharma etched her sanction successful past by becoming the highest wicket-taker successful women’s T20 Internationals, claiming her 152nd scalp during the 5th T20I against Sri Lanka successful Thiruvananthapuram connected Tuesday.The landmark wicket helped Deepti overtake Australia pacer Megan Schutt (151) astatine the apical of the charts. She achieved the feat by dismissing Nilakshika Silva successful the 14th over, playing a cardinal relation arsenic India completed a broad 5–0 bid expanse astatine home. Pakistan’s Nida Dar sits 3rd connected the database with 144 wickets from 152 innings.
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With 103 wickets successful 86 innings, Radha Yadav is the second-highest Indian wicket-taker successful women’s T20Is.
Radha and Deepti are the lone 2 Indian bowlers to person crossed the 100-wicket people successful the format.Earlier this week, the 28-year-old besides became the archetypal cricketer—across men’s and women’s internationals—to people 1,000 runs and instrumentality 150 wickets successful T20Is. Currently ranked No. 1 successful the ICC Women’s T20I all-rounder rankings, Deepti has played 133 T20Is for India and was named Player of the Tournament astatine the 2025 ICC Women’s World Cup, wherever India clinched their maiden rubric connected location soil.
Most wickets successful vocation successful WT20Is
| Deepti Sharma (IND-W) | 2016–2025 | 133 | 152 | 4/10 |
| Megan Schutt (AUS-W) | 2013–2025 | 123 | 151 | 5/15 |
| H. Ishimwe (RWA-W) | 2019–2025 | 117 | 144 | 5/6 |
| Nida Dar (PAK-W) | 2010–2024 | 160 | 144 | 5/21 |
| Sophie Ecclestone (ENG-W) | 2016–2025 | 101 | 142 | 4/18 |
| Constance Aweko (UGA-W) | 2018–2025 | 115 | 139 | 4/6 |
| Thipatcha Putthawong (THA-W) | 2019–2025 | 86 | 131 | 5/6 |
| Nattaya Boochatham (THA-W) | 2018–2025 | 116 | 126 | 5/5 |
| Ellyse Perry (AUS-W) | 2008–2025 | 168 | 126 | 4/12 |
| Onnicha Kamchomphu (THA-W) | 2018–2025 | 118 | 125 | 5/18 |
India successfully defended 175 to triumph the 5th T20I by 15 runs. Deepti returned figures of 1 for 28 from her 4 overs. Across formats, she has taken 20 wickets successful Tests and 162 successful ODIs.Deepti besides made headlines astatine the Women’s Premier League auction, rejoining UP Warriorz for Rs 3.2 crore—the second-highest bid successful the league’s history.In the ICC rankings, Deepti continues to clasp the apical spot among T20I bowlers, portion West Indies skipper Hayley Matthews remains the starring T20I all-rounder. For Sri Lanka, opener Hasini Perera jumped 114 places to 71st successful the batter rankings pursuing accordant performances, portion Kavisha Dilhari climbed to 79th.The updated rankings bespeak India’s dominance successful the series, with important gains for some batters and bowlers aft the cleanable sweep.
