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Match simulations, tennis balls and sledgehammers: Behind Deepti Sharma’s art of rescue

Deepti Sharma reached her second ODI century in the second match against Zimbabwe, marking a significant milestone nine years after her previous hundred. Batted at No.

6, she helped India recover from a 19/4 start in the earlier T20I and navigated a tricky position in this game where India was four wickets down with more than half the innings remaining.

Her performance in Vadodara followed a similar display in Raipur during the first T20I of the series, where she also anchored the innings after a rapid collapse. This latest century adds to her record 188 against Ireland in 2017, which remains the highest individual score by an Indian woman in the 50-over format.

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