{"id":2802,"date":"2026-06-14T23:36:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T18:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/?p=2802"},"modified":"2026-06-14T23:36:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T18:06:44","slug":"womens-t20-wc-deepti-sharma-bags-5-10-as-india-thrash-pakistan-by-64-runs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/?p=2802","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s T20 WC: Deepti Sharma bags 5-10 as India thrash Pakistan by 64 runs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"335\" data-id=\"2803\" src=\"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sports-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sports-3.png 450w, https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/sports-3-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Birmingham, Deepti Sharma produced a career-best spell of 5-10 as India thrashed Pakistan by 64 runs to begin their Women\u2019s T20 World Cup campaign in emphatic fashion at Edgbaston on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deepti, the off-spin bowling all-rounder, was the star in weaving a vicious spin web as Pakistan collapsed from 75 for 3 to 106 all out in 17 overs. Smriti Mandhana\u2019s fluent 68 and Richa Ghosh\u2019s late assault of 34 had earlier carried India to 170\/6 in 20 overs. Apart from Deepti, left-arm spinner N Sree Charani also stood out with 3-21 as India pocketed two points and a healthy net run rate to assert their dominance against Pakistan yet again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistan began their chase with intent by racing to 52\/1 in the powerplay \u2013 their highest score in the six-over phase against India in T20 World Cups. Muneeba Ali, dropped twice in the first four overs, made India pay by hitting four fluent boundaries. Gull Feroza added two boundaries against a shoddy Indian bowling line-up, before reverse-sweeping to backward point off Deepti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Pakistan won the power-play, they couldn\u2019t capitalise on it \u2013 thanks to sharp spin bowling from India\u2019s spinners in the middle overs. Deepti, who kept pressure on with her dot balls and bowling slower through the air, had Ayesha Zafar sweeping to short fine leg, before Sree Charani found Saira Jabeen\u2019s leading edge and was caught at short cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muneeba\u2019s dismissal for 41 via Deepti\u2019s direct hit from backward point proved to be the turning point, as Pakistan\u2019s slide continued. Fatima Sana fell for a three-ball duck to Shafali, while Natalia Pervaiz was caught by extra cover off Charani. Aliya Riaz and Rameen Shamim failed to resist, as Deepti and Charani took them out. Deepti fittingly picked out the remaining two wickets to complete a five-for and secure a resounding win for India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brief Scores: India 170\/6 in 20 overs (Smriti Mandhana 68, Harmanpreet Kaur 36; Fatima Sana 2-33, Sadia Iqbal 2-41) beat Pakistan 106 all out in 17 overs (Muneeba Ali Siddiqui 41, Aliya Riaz 18; Deepti Sharma 5-10, N Sree Charani 3-21) by 64 runs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham, Deepti Sharma produced a career-best spell of 5-10 as India thrashed Pakistan by 64 runs to begin their Women\u2019s T20 World Cup campaign in emphatic fashion at Edgbaston on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-display","category-sports","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2804,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2802\/revisions\/2804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}