Deepti Sharma’s world record… Became the highest wicket taker bowler in women’s international cricket, Jhulan Goswami’s great record broken

New Delhi. Indian women’s cricket star all-rounder Deepti Sharma has registered her name forever in the pages of history. Deepti has now become the highest wicket-taker in the history of women’s international cricket. She achieved this amazing record in a very exciting match played against Australia in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026.

Before this historic match, Deepti Sharma was equal to the record of 355 international wickets of great Indian fast bowler Jhulan Goswami. He needed only one wicket to create history. During the run chase against Australia at Lord’s, when Deepti came to bowl the 10th over of the Australian innings, she sent dangerous opener Beth Mooney to the pavilion on her very first ball. After taking this wicket, Deepti left behind Jhulan Goswami’s record and made the world record in her name.

This magical figure was achieved in the 279th match
Agra resident Deepti Sharma, who played her 279th international match in the Indian women’s team jersey, now has a total of 356 international wickets in her name. This journey of Deepti has been very wonderful. Recently, in her first match of T20 World Cup 2026, she took five wickets against arch-rival Pakistan at Birmingham ground, which made it clear that she is in excellent form.

If we look at Deepti’s career in all three formats, she has taken 22 wickets in the 6 Test matches played so far, in which 5 wickets for 7 runs has been her best performance. At the same time, his dominance is clearly visible in ODI cricket, where he has taken 166 wickets in 124 matches. Her best performance in ODIs has been taking 6 wickets for 20 runs, and she has taken five or more wickets 4 times in this format. Talking about T20 International, he has taken 168 wickets in 149 matches, in which 5 wickets for 10 runs has been his best. In this way, he has achieved the feat of taking five wickets in an innings a total of 7 times in his entire international career.

Jhulan Goswami’s record broken
The great player whose record Deepti has broken is none other than India’s legendary fast bowler Jhulan Goswami. Jhulan Goswami played 284 international matches in her illustrious career and retired with 355 wickets. Jhulan took 44 wickets in 12 matches of his Test career, while in 204 ODI matches, he made a record 255 batsmen his victims. In T20 International, Jhulan has 56 wickets in her name in 68 matches. Jhulan had achieved the feat of taking five wickets 6 times in his entire career, and his best bowling performance was 6 wickets for 31 runs.

Left behind the greats of world cricket
Now Deepti Sharma (356 wickets) and Jhulan Goswami (355 wickets) occupy the first and second positions in terms of taking the most wickets in women’s international cricket. After this dominance of Indian bowlers, the name of Australia’s star all-rounder Alyssa Perry comes third in this list, who has taken 336 wickets in 362 matches. After her is England’s Katherine Sciver-Brunt, who has 335 wickets in 267 matches. England’s spin bowler Sophie Ecclestone is also not far behind in this race, she has taken 333 wickets in 204 matches. At the sixth position is former South African fast bowler Shabnam Ismail, who had taken 323 wickets in 246 matches.

Deepti’s rule in T20 International also
Deepti Sharma’s magic is not limited to overall wickets only. She is also the highest wicket taker in women’s T20 international cricket. He has 168 wickets in his name in this format. He has left behind Thailand’s spinner Thipacha Puthavong, who is in second place with 165 wickets in 105 matches.