Hope Shobana
The Indian women’s cricket team, led by captain Harmanpreet Kaur, won the first match of the 3-match ODI series against South Africa by 143 runs and took a 1-0 lead in the series. In this match, while star player Smriti Mandhana showed her magic with the bat, Asha Shobhana, who was playing her debut match with the ball, impressed everyone. Asha has become the oldest player to debut for the Indian women’s team in the ODI format at the age of 33. Asha’s name has also been added to a special list after taking 4 wickets while giving just 21 runs in her debut match.
Second best bowling performance for Indian women’s team in debut ODI match
Asha Shobhana is a leg spin bowler and after seeing her excellent performance in domestic cricket, she finally got a chance to debut for the Indian women’s team in ODIs at the age of 33. In this match played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Asha took the wickets of 4 players of the African women’s team, bowling 8.4 overs, bowling 2 maiden overs and giving only 21 runs. With this, Asha managed to give the second best bowling performance in the debut match in the ODI format from the Indian women’s team. The first place in this list is Purnima Chaudhary’s name, who took 5 wickets giving only 21 runs in her debut match in ODI against the West Indies women’s team in 1997.
Players who performed brilliantly in bowling for the Indian women’s team in ODI debut match
Purnima Choudhary – 5 wickets for 21 runs (vs West Indies, 1997)
Asha Shobana – 4 wickets for 21 runs (vs South Africa, 2024)
Amanjot Kaur – 4 wickets for 31 runs (vs Bangladesh, 2023)
Gauhar Sultana – 3 wickets for 9 runs (vs Pakistan, 2008)
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