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The young spinner of the Indian Women’s cricket team, who holds the No.1 rankings for the bowlers in the T20I cricket for the Women’s, Sree Charani, is on song again in the ongoing 2026 Women’s T20 World Cup.
In her 4-over spell against Bangladesh tonight, Sree Charani claims a brace only for an economy rate of 5.25. With the couple of wickets, the 21-year-old has touched another feat, becoming the most wicket-taker in a T20 World Cup edition for the Indian Women’s cricket team.
Massive achievement for Shree Charani in the ongoing Women's T20 World Cup
Before the Bangladesh Women's match, Shree Charani had 10 wickets, behind Poonam Yadav, who set a record for taking 10 wickets in an edition of the Women's T20 World Cup in 2020. After almost 6 years, a new record has been written.
By dismissing Shorna Akter and Nahida Akter, the emerging spinner makes her record strong. As soon as she dismissed Shorna, Charani achieved the feat.
Most wickets for India Women in a T20 WC edition:
12* - Shree Charani in 2026
10 - Poonam Yadav in 2020
9 - Diana David in 2010
8 - Poonam Yadav in 2014
8 - Poonam Yadav in 2018
8 - Radha Yadav in 2018
Bangladesh Women's also creates history in the ongoing T20 World Cup
Batting first, Bangladesh Women's scored 136 runs in 20 overs in exchange for 8 wickets. According to the stats published by Cricbuzz, this is the best total registered by Bangladesh Women's in a T20 World Cup.
During the 2023 T20 World Cup, they scored 126 runs for 8, ahead of today's match, which was there higest total in the tournament's history. Along with Shree Charani, Radha Yadav, who bagged three scalps, was brilliant with the ball.
Highest 1st inns totals for BAN-W in T20 WC
136/8 vs IND-W, Old Trafford, 2026
126/8 vs SL-W, Cape Town, 2023
123/6 vs PAK-W, Southampton, 2026
119/7 vs SCOT-W, Sharjah, 2024
115/9 vs SL-W, Sylhet, 2014
Charani has been in form since the beginning of the tournament. The spinner from Andhra Pradesh opened her account with three wickets against the arch-rival Pakistan. In the following fixtures against the Netherlands Women's and South Africa Women's, she claimed 4 wickets and three wickets, respectively.
Shree Charani is only 4 wickets away from creating another record
Team India is likely to make their way into the next round, which could be beneficial for Charani as she will get more chances to increase the wicket tally. Overall, New Zealand's Amelia Kerr holds the record for taking the most wickets in a single edition of the Women's T20 World Cup. Kerr scored 15 during the 2024 World Cup.
England's Anya Shrubsole and Australia's Megan Schutt both had bagged 13 wickets in two separate T20 WC campaigns. Charani will have to take 4 more wickets to surpass the tally of Amelia Kerr.
Most wickets in a Women’s T20 WC edition
15 - Amelia Kerr (NZ-W, 2024)
13 - Anya Shrubsole (ENG-W, 2014)
13 - Megan Schutt (AUS-W, 2020)
12 - Nonkululeko Mlaba (SA-W, 2024)
12 - Shree Charani (IND-W, 2026)
