Stats: How Deepti Sharma rose to the top of the wickets charts in women's internationals

Deepti Sharma surpassed former India teammate Jhulan Goswami's tally of 355 wickets to become the leading wicket-taker in Women's international cricket. The 28-year-old achieved the milestone with the wicket of Beth Mooney during India's final Group A game at the ongoing ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 on Sunday, June 28.

Here's a look at all the key numbers from her journey.

300-plus wickets in Women's international cricket

Progressive record holders for most wickets in Women's internationals

*since England's Myrtle Maclagan became the first to 50 wickets in Women's Tests

Deepti's journey

Deepti has been India's premier bowler in white-ball internationals, and her bowling numbers have had a significant surge since the start of 2022. She is the leading wicket-taker in Women's T20Is currently, and has the second-most scalps for India in ODIs.

Deepti across formats in internationals

Deepti in ODIs

Deepti in T20Is

A complete, versatile white-ball bowler

Over the years, Deepti has established herself as India's most reliable bowler in ODIs as well as T20Is. She has been efficient across phases, regardless of the opposition batter being a left-hander or the right-hander, using the angles and variations to a great effect.

Deepti vs LHBs/RHBs in white-ball internationals

Deepti by phases in T20Is

Deepti by phases in ODIs

Her numbers have had a major influence on India's results in both ODIs and T20Is, as reflected in the numbers below.

Deepti in white-ball internationals - by match results

*excludes tied/Super Over finishes

Major bowling highlights from Deepti's international career

Across formats

1 - Deepti is the only bowler with 150-plus wickets in both white-ball formats in Women's internationals (166 in ODIs and 168 in T20Is).

58 wickets for Deepti across formats in 2024 is the joint second-most for anyone in a calendar year in Women's internationals, alongside Ashleigh Gardner's 2023 numbers. Thailand's Thipatcha Putthawong's 64 in 2025 tops this list.

242 wickets for Deepti under Harmanpreet Kaur's captaincy is the second-most by a player under a captain in Women's internationals, after 267 for Sophie Ecclestone under Heather Knight. Deepti went past Jhulan Goswami's 241 under Mithali Raj on Sunday, while Cathryn Fitzpatrick's 207 under Belinda Clark is next in this list.

62 - Deepti's 61 wickets is the most for India in ICC Women's tournaments (ODI World Cup + T20 World Cup). Jhulan Goswami (53) is the only other Indian with over 50 scalps across these competitions.

6 - Deepti is one of the six players to have achieved a double of 3000-plus runs and 250-plus wickets across formats.

3000 runs and 250 wickets in Women's international cricket

T20Is

168 wickets for Deepti is the most for anyone in Women's T20Is, followed by 165 for Thailand's Thipatcha Putthawong. Among full-member teams, Sophie Ecclestone (152) and Megan Schutt (152) are the only others with 150-plus scalps, while Radha Yadav's 106 is the next-most for India Women in the format.

3 - Deepti Sharma is the only Indian bowler to have delivered three maidens in a Women's T20I, having achieved that feat against South Africa in Surat in 2019. Overall, there have been 38 instances of a bowler delivering three or more maidens in a Women's T20I; including three in which all four overs in a spell were maidens.

21 stumping dismissals for Deepti is the joint second-most by a bowler in the format, alongside as many for Indonesia's Ni Wayan Sariani, and only behind 25 for Bangladesh's Nahida Akter.

13 - The India all-rounder is among the 13 players to have achieved a double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in Women's T20Is, with 1270 runs and 168 wickets to her name. The ones from full-member teams in this list (other than Deepti) are Elysse Perry (2480, 131), Sophie Devine (3817, 130), Hayley Matthews (3352, 129), Amelia Kerr (2049, 111), Marizanne Kapp (1769, 100) and Nida Dar (2091, 144).

ODIs

166 ODI wickets for Deepti is the second-most for any spinner in the format, after Anisa Mohammed's 180. Only Jhulan (255) has more ODI wickets for India (she's the only one with 200-plus wickets in Women's ODIs).

39 wickets for Deepti in 2025 is the most by anyone in a calendar year in Women's ODIs. Anisa Mohammed (2011), Sune Luus (2016) and Shabnim Ismail (2022) are joint-second with 37 scalps each in the mentioned years.

4 - Deepti Sharma is among only four players to have achieved a double of 2000-plus runs and 150-plus wickets in ODIs.

Double of 2000-plus runs and 150-plus wickets in ODIs

World Cup highs ft. victorious 2025

36 - Deepti is the second-highest wicket-taker for India in ODI World Cups, after 43 for Jhulan. Diana Edulji's 31 is third on this list.

22 - She bagged 22 wickets in India's victorious 2025 World Cup campaign, the joint second-most for anyone in a single edition. Jackie Lord also managed 22 for New Zealand in 1982, while Lyn Fullston (Australia) went one better in the same edition.

1 - Deepti also became the first to achieve a double of 200 runs and 20 wickets in a single ODI World Cup edition - Men's or Women's. She aggregated 215 runs with three 50-plus scores from seven innings in 2025.

58 & 5/39 - Deepti Sharma produced a stellar all-round show in the 2025 final against South Africa in Navi Mumbai. She became the only cricketer to score a fifty and bag five wickets in a World Cup knockout game - Men's or Women's. It also remains the only such instance for India Women in ODIs. She became the second Indian to achieve this double in the ODI World Cup - Men's or Women's - after Yuvraj Singh did that against Ireland in 2011.

Tests

5/7 - As for Tests, she has bagged 22 wickets in six matches, her 5/7 against England in Navi Mumbai in 2023 being the joint second-least expensive five-for in the format, alongside Betty Wilson's 7/7 and only behind Mary Duggan's 7/6 - both coming in the 1958 Melbourne Test.