All-rounder from Agra, Deepti Sharma has been a consistent contributor in India's victories in the recent past. In 19 T20Is, she has claimed 18 wickets with her right-arm off-break bowling and made 95 runs at a strike rate of 90.47. However, she has been a bigger star in One-Day International cricket, thanks to her splendid knock of 188 runs against Ireland in Potchefstroom. With this, she became then second-highest individual scorer in Women's ODIs.
Deepti Sharma was the star for India in the third ODI against West Indies when she picked a six-wicket haul. Deepti has been rewarded with a rise in the ICC rankings for the bowlers. Meanwhile, Smriti Mandhana has dropped down in the rankings.
India and West Indies faced each other in the final ODI of 2024 in Women's cricket. A lot of matches in the format were played across the year. A lot of runs were scored while the bowlers also enjoyed picking up wickets. Here's the list of five players with most wickets in ODIs this year.
Deepti Sharma starred with the ball as she picked a six-wicket haul in the third ODI against West Indies. Her 6/31 was instrumental in India bowling out the Windies for 162 and chasing it down with five wickets in hand. India registered a 3-0 series sweep with this win.
Deepti Sharma picked up six wickets for just 31 runs in her 10-over spell in the third and final ODI against the West Indies. After opting to bat first, the Caribbean side got bowled out only in 38.5 overs posting 162 runs on the board.
A few Indian players have been rewarded for their performances in the ongoing ODI series against New Zealand. An Indian all-rounder has closed in on the World No.1 spot in the ODI rankings for the bowlers, while captain Harmanpreet Kaur has gone down a few places in the batters' chart.
India women will be up against New Zealand in the second ODI in Ahmedabad with an aim to seal the series. India came up with a remarkable bowling performance, especially in the second half to stage a come-from-behind victory and the White Ferns will be keen to take the series to a decider.
IND-W vs NZ-W: Harmanpreet Kaur-less Indian team struggled for the runs and were bowled out to just 227 while batting first but the bowlers displayed a fighting spirit to defend the total and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series against New Zealand.
Deepti Sharma and Renuka Singh picked two wickets each to help India restrict Australia to 152 in their last group-stage game at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024 in Sharjah. Deepti also entered the history book with her 29th T20I wicket against mighty Australia.
"It's a great feeling from the 2017 World Cup final and obviously if we win the World Cup things will really change from every perspective and each woman will want to play cricket after that, so I'm hoping for the best," Deepti said.
Indian women's cricket team remain without an ICC World Cup trophy in both ODIs and T20Is but are looking all set to mount a title challenge in the upcoming ninth edition of the T20 World Cup 2024 in UAE. India are drawn with Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Group A.
After an impressive bowling spell, the star Indian spin all-rounder Deepti Sharma smashed a match-winning six when London Spirit needed four runs off the last three balls to beat Welsh Fire and win The Hundred Women 2024 title.
Captain Heather Knight played a captain's knock to help London Spirit beat Oval Invincibles by eight wickets in the Eliminator clash while Welsh Fire entered the final after topping the group stage points table with five wins in eight matches.
Deepti Sharma is expected to play a major role in India's Women's Asia Cup title defence. The star allrounder will shoulder the onus of taking wickets during the middle overs and providing with the impetus required at the death with the bat in hand.
The star spin all-rounder Deepti Sharma took two wickets for 27 to restrict South Africa women to a 215 total and then in-form Smriti Mandhana scored 90 runs off just 83 balls to power India women to an easy win in the third ODI game.
After losing early wickets, the star batter Smriti Mandhana registered a brilliant century and Deepti Sharma added crucial runs to help India post a challenging total of 265/8 while batting first in the first ODI match against South Africa.
The Indian women's team continued its impressive run in the ongoing five-match T20 series against Bangladesh, winning the rain-hit fourth match comfortably. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur starred with the bat, but the duo of Asha Sobhana and Deepti Sharma got their team home with their spin chokehold.
Deepti Sharma scored her third consecutive fifty in the Women's Premier League. However, her knock went in vain as UP Warriorz lost the crucial clash against Gujarat Giants by eight runs. Royal Challengers Bangalore are in driver's seat to qualify for the playoffs.
UP Warriorz stayed alive in the 2024 edition of the Women's Premier League after a thrilling 1-run win against the Delhi Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Friday, March 8. Deepti Sharma was the star of the show for the Warriorz and the franchise remembered to take a dig at the fans.
The top Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma recorded another crucial fifty to help struggling UP Warriorz post 138 while batting first against table-toppers Delhi Capitals in the Women's Premier League 2024 game on Friday.
The Agra-born spin all-rounder took 19 wickets and scored 225 runs in December 2023 to win the ICC's monthly player award and was also honoured with the BCC's Women's Cricketer of the Year 2023 award last week.