Deepti grew to become solely the second Indian after Shubhangi Kulkarni to select up 5 wickets and rating a fifty in a Take a look at.“You might be speaking about ‘Stokesy’. I jokingly name her theBen Stokes of the crew,” Muzumdar informed WV Raman, himself a former coach of the crew, on the official broadcast on Saturday.
“She is unbelievable. The arrogance she has proven in her batting and the boldness she has gained in these two innings… she is a crucial cog within the wheel… she bowls essential overs and will get wickets.”
Born in Agra, Deepti, who performs for Bengal in home cricket, shot into the limelight in 2017, when as a 19-year-old she smashed 188 — the second-highest rating in ladies’s ODIs and the very best by an Indian — in opposition to South Africa.
In 2015-16, she was named as one of the best lady junior cricketer by the BCCI.
The youngest of seven siblings, Deepti adopted the trail set by her brother Sunit, a former medium-pacer who represented Uttar Pradesh within the under-22 CK Nayudu Trophy. Her father, Bhagwan Sharma, was a chief reserving supervisor with Indian Railways. Her mom Sushila is a retired principal of a authorities faculty.
In 2014, she scored an unbeaten 53 for India ‘A’ to earn her maiden ODI call-up, taking two wickets on debut in opposition to South Africa in Bangalore. In her third ODI, she took 6/20, turning into the youngest Indian to take a five-for.
A Suresh Raina fan in her early days, Deepti possesses a high quality white-ball report. In February 2023, she was ranked because the No. 2 bowler by the ICC in ladies’s T20Is, simply behind her UP Warriorz teammate, English left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone. Deepti was purchased by the UP Warriorz for Rs 2.6 cr within the final WPL public sale. Solely RCB paid extra for Smriti Mandhana (Rs 3.4 cr).
“She’s at present one of many high all-rounders in world cricket, and might be one of the best throughout codecs for a few years to come back,” stated UP Warriorz COO Kshemal Waingankar.
Not like as we speak’s younger cricketers, Deepti isn’t energetic on social media. The 26-year-old has a eager, analytical thoughts. On Day Two of the Take a look at, whereas ready for her flip to bowl, Deepti stated she had begun plotting about how she would ship the English batters packing on the spin-friendly monitor.
“I used to be ready for my bowling. The wicket was serving to the spinners, I used to be pondering how we may use it. I wished to bowl in the fitting areas. Once I was fielding within the slips, I used to be simply seeing what the bowler was doing and questioning what I can add as a way to get wickets,” Deepti stated. “Since you might have ample time in Exams, you may plan fastidiously.”
Former India captain Shanta Rangaswamy stated, “She’s a wonderful participant, who offers her finest for the crew. She’s maybe one of many few gamers whose batting order is regularly modified, extra so in T20s and ODIs. She has batted at virtually each place, relying on the whims of the crew administration.”
Diana Edulji, former India ladies’s crew captain, informed TOI, “Again in 2017, we wished to rent her within the Railways, however she hadn’t even cleared her class 10 exams so she didn’t qualify. On this Take a look at, her allround efficiency was the sport changer. The Aussies have to watch out for her and this Indian crew. I want we had used her correctly within the T20I sequence, bought her to bat sooner than she did.”
