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Pooja Vastrakar Becomes Second Indian Pacer After Jhulan Goswami To Take 50 Wickets in Women’s T20Is, Achieves Feat During IND-W vs SA-W 3rd T20I 2024 (Watch Video)

The right-arm pacer has been impressive so far in the IND-W vs SA-W T20I series and once again showed why she was so crucial to the Indian women's cricket team with this achievement. Pooja Vastrakar went on to finish with figures of 4/13.

Pooja Vastrakar Becomes Second Indian Pacer After Jhulan Goswami To Take 50 Wickets in Women’s T20Is, Achieves Feat During IND-W vs SA-W 3rd T20I 2024 (Watch Video)

Pooja Vastrakar became just the second Indian fast bowler after Jhulan Goswami to take 50 wickets in women's T20Is. The right-arm fast bowler achieved this feat during the IND-W vs SA-W 3rd T20I 2024 on Tuesday, July 9. Vastrakar achieved this feat by dismissing Marizanne Kapp in the third T20I after the South African handed a simple catch to Shafali Verma. Overall, Vastrakar is the seventh Indian women's team cricketer to get to the 50-wicket mark in T20Is. Deepti Sharma is the highest wicket-taker for India in women's T20s.

Pooja Vastrakar Completes 50 Wickets in Women's T20Is, Second After Jhulan Goswami

Watch Pooja Vastrakar's 50th Wicket in Women's T20Is:

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jul 09, 2024 08:21 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).