In the third T20 played in Thiruvananthapuram, the Indian women’s cricket team defeated the Sri Lankan women’s team by 8 wickets. After winning the toss, Harmanpreet Kaur chose bowling, which was proved right by the Indian bowlers. Renuka Singh took 4 wickets and Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets. With this, Deepti Sharma achieved a big achievement, she became the first Indian bowler to take 150 wickets in T20 International. No Indian male cricketer has been able to touch this figure.

Deepti Sharma created history

Deepti Sharma took the first wicket of Sri Lanka’s innings, she dismissed the opposing team’s captain Chamari Atapattu. Atapattu could score only 2 runs after playing 12 balls. After this, Deepti Sharma took her 150th T20 International wicket in the form of Kavisha Dilhari (20). She is the first Indian bowler to take 150 wickets in T20 International.

Even in men’s cricket, Arshdeep Singh, the highest wicket taker for India, has 110 T20 wickets in his name. Deepti Sharma took the third wicket in the third T20 in the form of Malsha Shehani, she bowled Shehani. Deepti gave only 18 runs in the spell of 4 overs with an economy of 4.50.

India took an unassailable lead in the series

In the third T20, Sri Lanka women’s cricket team, batting first, was able to score only 112 runs. While chasing the target, Shafali Verma played a brilliant inning of 79 runs. In this stormy innings played in 42 balls, Shafali hit 3 sixes and 11 fours. Smriti Mandhana’s bat did not work today, she was out after scoring 1 run in 6 balls.

Jemimah Rodriguez scored 9 runs in 15 balls, Harmanpreet Kaur remained unbeaten after scoring 21 runs in 18 balls. Indian women’s team has taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the 5-match series by winning the match by 8 wickets.

Deepti Sharma becomes only the 2nd bowler to pick 150+ T20I wickets after Megan Schutt!

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— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) December 26, 2025

Talking about Deepti Sharma’s international record, she has played 5 Tests, 121 ODI and 131 T20 matches for India, in which she has taken 20, 162 and 151 wickets respectively. The 28-year-old all-rounder also played an important role in making India the world champion, she was adjudged the best player of the tournament.

The third T20 between the Indian women’s cricket team and the Sri Lankan women’s team is being played at the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram. Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur had decided to bowl first after winning the toss, which the Indian bowlers proved right. Fast bowler Renuka Singh took 4 wickets, spin bowler Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets. Batting first, Sri Lanka has set a target of 113 runs for India to win.

Sri Lankan captain Chamari Atapattu is known for her explosive batting, but she started slowly. Deepti Sharma got India’s first wicket in the form of Atapattu, the Sri Lankan captain scored only 3 runs in 12 balls.

Fast bowler Renuka Singh took 2 big wickets in the last over of powerplay. He dismissed opener Hasini Perera (25) on the third ball of the sixth over. He took the wicket of Harshita Madhavi on the last ball of the over. Harshita scored 2 runs after playing 4 balls.

Renuka Singh took 4 wickets

Apart from Perera and Harshita Madhavi, Renuka Singh dismissed Imisha Dulani and Neelakshi de Silva. Dulani scored 27 runs, but for this he played 32 balls. Kavisha Dilhari scored 20 runs in 13 balls, Deepti Sharma made her her victim.

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Renuka Singh Thakur was on fire tonight

She finished with brilliant figures of 4⃣/2⃣1⃣

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— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) December 26, 2025

Only Renuka Singh and Deepti Sharma took wickets for India, although there was no bowler who scored runs at an economy of more than 6. Renuka Singh took 4 wickets for just 21 runs in 4 overs. Deepti Sharma gave only 18 runs in 4 overs, she took 3 wickets.

Do or die match for Sri Lanka

However, this match is do or die for Sri Lanka, because Team India is ahead 2-0 in the 5-match series. By winning the third match, the Indian team will take an unassailable lead in the series.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has increased the salaries of players in women’s domestic cricket. Now women cricketers will also get the same salary as men. Not only cricketers but the salaries of women match officials in domestic cricket have also been increased. This decision has come after Team India’s historic victory in the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025. India defeated South Africa by 52 runs in the final.

BCCI has increased the salary of women cricketers by two and a half times. Senior women players in the playing eleven will now get Rs 50 thousand per match, whereas earlier they used to get only Rs 20 thousand. BCCI has also been kind to the reserve players. Players who will not be part of the playing eleven will get Rs 25,000 per match. Earlier the players sitting on the bench used to get Rs 10,000. BCCI has tried to ensure that every player gets financial security.

In junior cricket tournaments, players in the playing eleven will get Rs 25,000 for playing one day, while players sitting out will get Rs 12,500. Players will get Rs 12,500 and reserve players will get Rs 6250 for playing in Junior T20 matches. According to Cricbuzz, this decision has been taken in the BCCI meeting held on 22 December. According to the report of Cricbuzz, there has also been discussion regarding increase in the salaries of umpires and match referees.

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Last month, the daughters of India i.e. the players of the Indian Women Cricket Team won the World Cup trophy after a long wait of 47 years. Since then, these players are being discussed everywhere and everyone is not tired of praising these players.

In such a situation, famous actress Parineeti Chopra and her husband Raghav Chadha have also expressed their happiness. This celebrity couple invited Indian women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur to their home and gave her great hospitality.

Harmanpreet Kaur became the guest of Parineeti-Raghav
Today Parineeti Chopra’s husband Raghav Chadha shared a post on his Instagram handle. In this, this celebrity couple was seen posing with Indian Women’s Cricket Team Captain Harmanpreet Kaur. Fans are giving a lot of love to the pictures of these three. While sharing the photos, the politician wrote in the caption, ‘It was a great pleasure to welcome Harmanpreet Kaur, captain of the World Cup winning Indian women’s cricket team, to our home.’

‘Proud daughter of Punjab, her leadership and achievements have filled India with immense pride. Apart from trophies, he is a symbol of struggle, courage and determination. Expressing happiness over Harmanpreet Kaur’s arrival at his home, Raghav Chadha shared these pictures with the fans and also wished her all the best for her future.

‘So glad you came…’
Apart from Raghav Chadha’s post, Parineeti Chopra also expressed her happiness by sharing the picture in her Instagram Stories section. The actress has posed with Harmanpreet Kaur and her husband and shared this picture in the stories section. In the caption, the actress wrote, ‘Champion is very happy to come to our house. Your achievements, simplicity and humility inspire everyone. In this way, keep increasing the value of the tricolor.

Parineeti Chopra Workfront
Parineeti Chopra is rarely seen in films. But the actress is very active on social media. Apart from this, she has also started her own YouTube channel where the actress keeps posting different content and fans are also quite impressed with her work. Talking about films, he was last seen in Imtiaz Ali’s ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’. In this he shared the screen with Diljit Dosanjh. Let us tell you, this movie was liked a lot all over the world and it also won the Emmy Award.

Richa Ghosh played an important role in the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025, she batted brilliantly in many matches of the tournament. In the league stage, she played a memorable inning of 94 runs against South Africa. In the final, Richa scored 34 runs against this team. After India became the world champion, in the felicitation ceremony organized by CAB (Cricket Association of Bengal), the Chief Minister of the state Mamata Banerjee had announced to give the post of DSP (Deputy Superintendent of Police) to Richa Ghosh. Now he has assumed his post.

Richa Ghosh, who was a part of the world champion team, has joined the state police force as Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP). He held the post of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in Siliguri. Officials said that after assuming the post in Siliguri Police Commissionerate, Richa met senior officers and other members.

After India became the champion, BCCI had announced the prize money for the team. States had also announced cash amounts for their respective players. Cricket Association of Bengal had honored Richa Ghosh with Rs 34 lakh.

Richa Ghosh, who became DSP, will have the responsibility of leading police teams, handling law and order, crime control and overseeing various administrative works etc. Richa Ghosh’s salary will be around Rs 56,100 per month, although this is basic pay. Apart from this, many allowances are added on top. This will increase his salary.

ACP RICHA GHOSH HAS TAKEN CHARGE…!!!! pic.twitter.com/VlHzSIkc5t

—Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) December 5, 2025

Did Richa Ghosh get a higher post than DSP Siraj?

Richa Ghosh is DSP in West Bengal, she took charge as Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in Siliguri. Mohammed Siraj is the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Telangana Police. ACP and DSP are equal ranks. Both are gazetted officers.

Richa Ghosh cricket career

22 year old Richa was born in Siliguri, West Bengal, where she was posted. Richa made her international debut in 2020. Currently, she has played 2 Tests, 51 ODIs and 67 T20 International matches for India. In this he has scored 151, 1145 and 1067 runs respectively.

Sneh Rana, Pratika Rawal and Renuka Singh Thakur, who were part of the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025 winning team, have been appointed as OSD (Officer On Special Duty) in the Sports Department. Under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur, Team India defeated South Africa by 52 runs in the final. However, Pratika Raval could not play in the semi-finals and final because she was injured in the last match of the league stage.

Pratika Rawal was a senior clerk in Northern Railway. In view of his excellent performance in the World Cup, the Northern Railway Sports Association had written a letter to the Railway Ministry for his promotion. Which was approved by the Railway Ministry. “On behalf of the Ministry of Railways, approval is given to Miss Pratika Rawal, Senior Clerk, Northern Railway for out-of-turn promotion to the Group ‘B’ Gazetted post of ‘Officer on Special Duty (OSD) at Level 8 in the Pay Matrix (7th CPC) for her performance in the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025,” the ministry said.

Pratika Raval was the fourth highest run scorer in the tournament despite not playing the semi-finals and final. He scored 308 runs in 6 innings of 7 matches at a strike rate of 77.78. She was out of the tournament before the semi-finals, Shefali Verma, who came in her place, played a match-winning innings (87) in the final. He also took 2 wickets.

Railway Board promoted Sneh Rana to Group ‘B’ Gazetted post of Officer on Special Duty (Sports) in Level 8 of 7th CPC Pay Matrix. This promotion has been given under the Out-of-Turn Promotion (OTP) scheme. Its purpose is to honor the country’s athletes for their contribution.

Indian women’s team won the first World Cup

The Indian women’s team had reached the finals twice before, but had never won the title. On November 2, 2025, Team India won its first World Cup title by defeating South Africa in the final. Batting first, Team India had scored 298 runs, in reply South Africa was limited to 246 runs. The player of the match of the final was Shefali Verma, who scored 87 runs and took 2 wickets. Deepti Sharma received the award for the best player of the tournament.

The Indian women’s cricket team was to play a series against Bangladesh in December, which was decided to be cancelled. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has planned a new series in December itself. Let us tell you that Team India was going to play its first series against Bangladesh after winning the World Cup title, but considering the situation there, the board decided to cancel it.

According to the report of RevSportz, a 5-match T20 series will be played between India and Sri Lanka from December 21 to 30. All the matches of the series will be played at 2 venues (Visakhapatnam and Thiruvananthapuram). The first 2 matches of the series will be played at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium and the remaining 3 matches will be played at Greenfield International Stadium.

India and Bangladesh were to play a T20 series of 3 ODIs and the same number of matches, this was part of the ICC Future Tour Programme. The matches of the series were to be played in Kolkata and Cuttack. PTI quoted a BCCI source as saying that the board has not received approval to play the series against Bangladesh.

BCCI had written a letter

BCCI had written a letter to Bangladesh Cricket Board informing about the cancellation of the series. PTI quoted a Bangladesh Cricket Board official as saying, “We received a letter from BCCI, in which it has been said that the series will be cancelled. We are now waiting for the new dates.”

Indian men’s cricket team’s tour was also canceled

In August this year, the Indian men’s cricket team was to tour Bangladesh, a series of 3 ODI and 3 T20 matches was to be held between the two countries. Fans were curious about this tour, because Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were likely to play in it. This tour was also canceled due to the ongoing geopolitical tension in Bangladesh.

Under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur, the Indian women’s cricket team created history on 2 November, when it won its first World Cup title by defeating South Africa in the final. Apart from Rs 40 crore received by ICC for becoming champion, BCCI also announced a reward of Rs 51 crore for the team and staff. Many state governments have also announced separate cash amount for the players of their state. Amidst all this, veteran Sunil Gavaskar has warned female players. He said that they should not be disappointed if they do not get some of the rewards that were promised.

Sunil Gavaskar in his column in Mid-Day wrote, “Just a warning to the players. Don’t be disappointed if you don’t get some of the rewards promised. In India, advertisers, brands and individuals quickly join the race and try to put their free publicity on the shoulders of the winners. Take a look at the full-page ads and hoardings congratulating the team. Unless they are sponsors of the team and individual players, the rest are just promoting their brands or They are trying to promote themselves and are not giving anything to those who bring glory to Indian cricket.”

Sunil Gavaskar has also gone through this phase, when India won the first ODI World Cup in 1983. He was part of that team. Gavaskar recalled the unfulfilled promises made to him and his teammates after the 1983 World Cup victory. After that victory (1983), the craze for cricket increased in India, it inspired the youth. Yet, despite praise, many promises have remained unfulfilled to date. However, Gavaskar is proud of the love and warmth he has received from the public, which he considers to be the truest form of appreciation.

Most of the promises of 1983 were not fulfilled – Gavaskar

Gavaskar further wrote, “Many promises were made to the 1983 team too and got a lot of coverage in the media at that time. Most of those promises were never fulfilled. The media cannot be blamed because they were happy in showing big announcements, not knowing that they too were being used by these shameless people. So girls, if these shameless people are using your victory to promote themselves, then do not worry.”

Gavaskar further wrote, “The people of 1983 will tell you that after so many decades, the love and affection of an ordinary Indian cricket lover is our greatest wealth and when you too take the field, it will be your wealth too. Hearty congratulations once again. The country is proud of you. Jai Hind.”

Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana, Radha Yadav and Jemimah Rodriguez, who were part of the World Cup winning team, were honored by the Maharashtra government. All three players contributed significantly to India’s victory in the World Cup. This program was organized in Mumbai, where state Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis also handed over award checks to the three players.

All three players got Rs 2.5 crore each

Along with honouring, the Chief Minister of the state also handed over a check of Rs 2.5 crore each to the three players. Let us tell you that all three players are from Mumbai city. Almost every state honored its players and announced prize money for them.

The Maharashtra government also honored head coach Amol Muzumdar along with these three players included in the World Cup winning team and gave them a check of Rs 25 lakh. 50 year old Amol is also from Mumbai.

VIDEO | Mumbai: Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar felicitate World Cup champions Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, and Radha Yadav.

(Full video available on PTI Videos – https://t.co/n147TvrpG7, pic.twitter.com/BGrBvYcazZ

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) November 7, 2025

Jemima played a historic inning in the semi-final against Australia

Jemima had scored a historic century in the World Cup semi-finals, in this match against Australia she had scored unbeaten 127 runs. Chasing 339 runs, India won the match by 5 wickets. This innings of Jemima will be remembered for years. Jemima had scored 292 runs in 7 innings played in the World Cup.

Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana played an important inning of 45 runs in the World Cup final, she played 2 half-centuries and 1 century in the tournament. He scored 109 runs against New Zealand, while against England and Australia he scored 88 and 80 runs respectively. Mandhana had scored 434 runs in 9 matches in the tournament.

Radha Yadav is one of the most brilliant fielders in women’s cricket, although she played only the last match in the league stage of the World Cup. He took 3 wickets for 30 runs against Bangladesh. He got 1 wicket in the semi-finals and no wicket in the final.

India has created history by winning the Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 and the echo of this victory is now being heard across the world. New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon congratulated the Indian team on this wonderful achievement and said that the Indian team is world class and fully deserved this victory.

Luxon told ANI that he watched the India vs South Africa final match in highlights and was extremely impressed by the performance of the Indian players. He said, “Team India played brilliantly. They are truly world class players and fully deserved the victory. Even though we wanted New Zealand to win, we feel most happy when someone beats Australia and India did the same.”

Indian team won the title for the first time

India won the trophy by defeating South Africa in the final under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur. This was India’s third World Cup final and this time the team won the title for the first time. With this victory, India became the fourth country to win the Women’s Cricket World Cup after Australia, England and New Zealand.

About 45,000 spectators were present in the field

About 45,000 spectators were present in the field to watch the final match, who watched the match with bated breath till the last ball. As soon as Harmanpreet Kaur took the catch of Nadine de Klerk in the last over, the noise of India’s victory echoed in the entire stadium.

The tournament made this unique record

The tournament also created a new record in terms of spectators. 25,965 spectators came to watch the match between India and Bangladesh, which is the highest number during the league stage in any ICC women’s tournament. Earlier this record was in the name of India vs New Zealand match, which was watched by 25,166 spectators.

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