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Deepti Sharma shone with the ball before Richa Ghosh led India to a six-wicket win over West Indies in their Women's T20 World Cup Group 2 match in Cape Town on Wednesday. Deepti spun a web around the West Indies batters to restrict them to 118 for six after being asked to bowl. The seasoned off-spinner (3/15) picked three wickets to become the first Indian to get to 100 women's T20I wickets.
West Indies in their Group 2 match on Wednesday in Cape Town, their second consecutive win at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup. India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan in their campaign opener. Wicketkeeper-batter Richa Ghosh scored a match-winning 44 not out, off 32 balls, and added a valuable 72-run partnership for the fourth wicket with skipper Harmanpreet Kaur (33 off 42) to take India home with 11 balls to spare.As it happened: India vs West IndiesRicha hit the winning runs, a four off Shamilia Connell in the penultimate over, as India chased down the below-par 119-run target in 18.1 overs with six wickets in hand.
In the afternoon on Wednesday, the official website of ICC showed India on top of the Test rankings with 115 rating points and Australia as second with 111 points. But later in the evening at around 7 pm IST, cricket's global governing body put Australia back on top with 126 rating points and India as second with 115 points. India had recently beaten Australia by an innings and 132 runs in the first Test in Nagpur.
Deepti reached the 100-wicket milestone in the last over of the West Indies innings when she bamboozled Aly Fletcher (0). The 24-year-old returned impressive figures of 3 for 15 as she helped India restrict West Indies Women to a below-par 118 for 6. Her other two scalps in the match included Stafanie Taylor (42) and Shemaine Campbelle (30).
Cheteshwar Pujara gears up for his 100th Test, his Saurashtra teammate Jaydev Unadkat feels that wining India's premier domestic competition -- the Ranji Trophy -- will be the perfect tribute to his state cricket icon.While Saurashtra captain Unadkat will feature in Ranji final against Bengal, starting Thursday in Kolkata, Pujara will be featuring in his 100th Test against Australia on Friday in Delhi. Veteran Pujara made his Test debut back in 2010 and Unadkat said that he hasn't seen much difference in his state teammate's attitude and ethics over the years. "I was there when he made his Test debut, I was a part of the team as well. I don't see a lot of difference in his attitude and ethics. There can't be a better way to give him a tribute (than winning Ranji title)," Unadkat said on the eve of their Ranji final.
Team India head coach Rahul Dravid has no second thoughts about Shreyas Iyer's inclusion in the playing XI of the second Australia Test but only if he can take the load of a five-day match.Iyer, who had sustained a lower back injury during the white-ball series against Sri Lanka, has been drafted into the squad for the second Test against Australia starting Friday, after getting clearance by the BCCI medical team.
Rohit Sharma's India have toppled Australia to take top spot in the world Test rankings, making them the number one team in all three international cricket formats as of Wednesday.
Indian women's cricket team all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar was picked by Mumbai Indians for an impressive Rs 1.9 crore at the Women's Premier League auction held in Mumbai on February 13. The amount was massive for her family living in Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh and her father has already started planning on how to invest it in order to keep it secure for the future. Her father Bandhan Ram, who is a former BSNL employee, said that Pooja has a knack of spending and as a result, he will be keeping the money in fixed deposits.