Deepti Sharma becomes the highest wicket taker in WT20Is

Deepti Sharma became the highest wicket-taker in women's T20 Internationals during the fifth T20I against Sri Lanka in Thiruvananthapuram. She reached the milestone with her 152nd T20I wicket in 133 matches, surpassing Australia's Meghan Schutt. Pakistan's Nida Dar is third with 144 wickets.

Deepti is also the first player, male or female, in history to score over 1000 runs and take 150-plus wickets in T20Is. She is the first woman to take 150-plus wickets in both ODIs and T20Is.

Most wickets in Women's T20Is

Deepti Sharma is also closing in on Jhulan Goswami's record for most wickets in women's international cricket. Deepti has 334 wickets, while Goswami leads with 355. England's Katherine Sciver-Brunt is just ahead with 335.

Smriti Mandhana's Record-Breaking Year

1703 – International runs Smriti Mandhana has scored in 2025, the most by a batter in a calendar year in women's cricket, surpassing her own 2024 tally of 1659 runs.

10053 – runs for Smriti Mandhana in international cricket, making her the fourth batter and second Indian (after Mithali Raj) to cross 10,000 runs in women's cricket. She is the youngest and fastest to reach the milestone, taking 280 innings.

Most runs in Women's international cricket

4102 – Smriti Mandhana completed 4000 runs in T20Is during this series. She is the second woman to reach the mark after New Zealand's Suzie Bates (4716 runs) and the quickest to do so in terms of balls faced (3227).

Mandhana now has 80 sixes in women's T20Is, the most by an Indian, surpassing Harmanpreet Kaur's 79. She also has 33 scores of 50 or more in WT20Is, the most by any batter.

Team Records from the India-Sri Lanka Series

221 – India Women's highest-ever total in T20Is, scored during the 4th T20I against Sri Lanka. This is the fourth time they have crossed 200 in this format.

Highest totals for India Women in T20Is

191 – Sri Lanka Women also scored their highest-ever T20I total in the same match.

412 runs were scored across the two innings in the fourth T20I, the third-highest match aggregate in a Women's T20I and the highest without an individual century.

Partnership Milestones

162 – The opening stand between Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma in the fourth T20I is India Women's highest partnership for any wicket in T20Is.

3107 – Runs scored by Mandhana and Shafali together, making them the first pair in women's T20Is to exceed 3000 partnership runs for any wicket.

Most partnerships runs in Women's T20Is (any wicket)

Shafali Verma's Series Performance

3 – Shafali Verma scored three successive fifties during this series against Sri Lanka.

241 – Runs scored by Shafali Verma in this series, the most by an India Women batter in a bilateral T20I series. She has now won three Player of the Series awards in T20Is.

68.69% – The percentage of India's runs Shafali scored during her unbeaten 79 in the third T20I, the highest share by a single batter in a completed innings for India in T20Is.

Series Result & Captaincy Records

5-0 – The series scoreline marks India Women's third 5-0 series win in T20Is.

12 – Harmanpreet Kaur has now won 12 Player of the Match awards in T20Is, joint-most for India Women with Mithali Raj. As captain, she has 79 wins in T20Is, the most by any skipper.

Sri Lanka Notes

8 – Chamari Athapaththu became the first Sri Lankan and eighth player overall to appear in 150 women's T20Is. She scored 52 runs in her milestone match.

81 – Hasini Perera scored her first T20I fifty in her 81st innings.