
Deepti Sharma
Indian cricketer
Date of Birth | : | 24 August, 1997 (Age 28) |
Place of Birth | : | Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India |
Profession | : | Cricket Player |
Nationality | : | Indian |
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Deepti Sharma (দীপ্তি শর্মা) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Uttar Pradesh, UP Warriorz, London Spirit, and India. She is an all-rounder who bats left-handed and bowls right-arm off break. As of 2018, she was ranked 3rd in the top all-rounders in the ICC Cricket Rankings and had the fourth highest individual score by a female cricketer in ODIs (188 runs). In March 2025, she was ranked fifth in the ICC Women’s All-Rounder Rankings.
Early life
Deepti Sharma was born to Sushilaa and Bhagwan Sharma. She is the youngest among her siblings. Her father is a retired employee of the Indian Railways. She developed an interest in the game of cricket at an early age of 9. Sharma would on a daily basis ask her father to request her brother Sumit Sharma (who initially coached her), a former Uttar Pradesh pacer, to take her to the ground and watch the net practices and other matches. During one of the net practices which involved her brother and his teammates at the Ekalavya Sports Stadium in Agra, she was asked to throw the ball back into play. The ball hit the stumps on a direct throw from a distance of 50 metres. This was spotted by then India's national women's team selector, Hemlata Kala.
Career
Sharma made her ODI International debut in 2014 against South Africa in Bengaluru. The match was part of the ICC Women's Championship.
Sharma was involved in a world record opening partnership of 320 runs with Poonam Raut, with the former contributing 188 runs. Thus, breaking both the standing women's record of 229 (by Sarah Taylor and Caroline Atkins of England) and the standing men's record in ODIs of 286 (by Upul Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka). This partnership helped the Indian team in scoring 358 for three in 50 overs against Ireland women at Potchefstroom during the quadrangular series which also included South Africa women and Zimbabwe women teams held in South Africa.
Sharma was part of the Indian team to reach the final of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup where the team lost to England by nine runs. She scored 216 runs from 8 matches at an average of 30.86 and picked up 12 wickets from 9 matches played with best bowling figures of 3 for 59 from 7.1 overs against Australia.
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