Deepti Sharma is one of India’s most resourceful women cricketers. She may have made 188 – the highest score by an Indian in WODIs – opening the innings, but she is at home lower down the order, too.
On Friday at Pallekele, she saw through the chase for the Women in Blue with a responsible knock coming in at number six against Sri Lanka in the opening ODI. Her unbeaten 22 helped her side tide over the loss of three wickets in the middle-order in quick succession. Earlier, she had taken three for 25 with her off-spin.
She said she had worked on her batting ahead of the tour. “I developed some shots,” she said. “My role is to finish the job for the team. I just keep that in my mind.”
