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5-fer and a 50 to win the World Cup! All records broken by Deepti Sharma in Women’s final

Aakash Saini

Deepti Sharma after the 2025 ICC Women's World Cup final [Source: @ICC/x]Deepti Sharma after the 2025 ICC Women's World Cup final [Source: @ICC/x]

Team India clinched the 2025 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup by defeating South Africa in a nerve-wracking final at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. Overcoming recent heartbreaks and past World Cup demons, Harmanpreet Kaur’s troops rose to the occasion with great composure and conviction on a day when it mattered the most.

One of the headline acts of the game was ace Indian all-rounder Deepti Sharma, who scored a vital half-century and picked up five South African wickets to propel India to their long-awaited world title. Through the course of her all-round spectacle, the 28-year-old also racked up a slew of some huge ODI records, and completed a poetic redemption arc in the process.

List of records Deepti Sharma broke in Women’s World Cup 2025 final

Deepti Sharma cracked 58 runs at run-a-ball with three fours and a six to push India’s total to 298-7 from 50 overs after Shafali Verma’s blistering 87. The cunning off-spinner also steamrolled South Africa’s lower-order with a five-wicket haul (5-39), which included the knockout blow in the 46th over of the run-chase. Through the course of her World Cup final all-round excellence, here is a list of some rare records Deepti Sharma broke:

1. First to bag fifty and a five-fer in a World Cup knockout

Deepti Sharma became the first cricketer in the history of an ICC World Cup knockout game, either men’s or women’s editions, to score a half-century with the bat and bag five wickets with the ball.

2. First to achieve all-round double in any India Women’s ODI game

Deepti Sharma also became the first Indian Women’s cricketer in history to score over 50 runs and get five wickets with the ball in any Women’s ODI game.

3. Deepti Sharma joins Yuvraj Singh

Moreover, Deepti Sharma became only the second Indian cricketer after men’s all-rounder Yuvraj Singh to score a fifty and pick a five-wicket haul in a single World Cup game. Yuvraj achieved his feat back during a Group game of the 2011 ICC Men’s World Cup against Ireland.

Deepti Sharma completes fitting World Cup redemption

Deepti Sharma also completed a fairytale redemption arc for herself in the knockout fixtures of ICC Women’s World Cups. Here is a look at her past journey in the tournament, one which is marred with a couple of heartbreaking finishes.

Deepti Sharma in ODI World Cups:

2017 Women’s World Cup final: Deepti Sharma was one of the victims of the great Indian collapse in the final of the 2017 ICC Women’s World Cup against England at Lord’s. Batting at 14*, Deepti became the penultimate Indian wicket to fall at a time when the ‘Women in Blue’ were still 11 runs away from victory.

2022 Women’s World Cup league stage: In a virtual quarterfinal match of the 2022 Women’s World Cup between India and South Africa in Christchurch back in March 2022, Deepti Sharma got a well-set Mignon du Preez caught at long-on during a thrilling final over. However, television replays indicated that the ace spinner had overstepped, which eventually resulted in a crushing last-ball defeat and an elimination for Team India.

2025 Women’s World Cup final: Third time truly proved the charm for Deepti Sharma, as she redeemed her past World Cup heartbreaks with a majestic all-round show in front of a packed DY Patil crowd in Navi Mumbai.