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Deepti Sharma: After India won the fifth and final Twenty20 International on Tuesday, all-rounder Deepti Sharma of Team India gave his thoughts on the team’s 5-0 series sweep over Sri Lanka. The squad is concentrating on each game separately, with the T20 World Cup still a long way off, she said while discussing her views on being the greatest wicket-taker in Women’s T20Is.

Megan Scutt of Australia lost the record for most wickets in Women’s Twenty20 Internationals to Deepti Sharma. At an average of 19.00, she has already claimed 152 wickets in 133 games.

The Harmanpreet Kaur-led squad beat Chamari Athapaththu’s team by 15 runs in the fifth IND vs. SL Women’s T20I, giving India a 5-0 clean sweep of Sri Lanka. The Indian squad is greatly boosted by the clean sweep in advance of the 2026 Women’s T20 World Cup, which is scheduled for June–July of the following year.

During the post-match news conference, Deepti said she was thrilled to have hit the most T20I wickets milestone and that she hopes to contribute significantly to the team’s success.

The India all-rounder said it’s fantastic to continue the winning trend from the 2025 ODI World Cup and gave thanks to every member of the squad for the 5-0 outcome.It’s always satisfying to accomplish such milestones. In order to support my team, I constantly strive to provide an impacting performance. It was a whole team effort, and the 5-0 score is a testament to everyone’s efforts to the squad. During the press conference, Deepti said, “It’s good to carry on the winning momentum from the ODI World Cup to this T20I series.”

Deepti highlighted the advantage of having many match winners on the squad and said that while the Women’s T20 World Cup is the ultimate aim, the team is concentrating on capturing each match and series at a time.Right now, the T20 World Cup is too far off to consider. We are taking it match by match and series by series, even if the World Cup is undoubtedly the ultimate aim. We’ve had a variety of match winners, which is fantastic for the squad,” she said.

India won by 15 runs going into the fifth Twenty20 International match. Indian bowlers held the visitors to 160 in their 20 overs while chasing a goal of 176.

Although Sri Lanka batted well, it was ultimately insufficient. Chamari Athapaththu, the captain of Sri Lanka, left early, but the outstanding Imesha Dulani and Hasini Perera combined 79 for the second wicket to keep their team in the hunt.

But Sri Lanka was just 16 runs short due to late innings wickets. India reached 175/7 thanks to a stunning fifty from captain Harmanpreet Kaur and a furious cameo from Arundhati Reddy in the last over.

To assist India achieve a manageable total, Reddy and Sneh Rana contributed a crucial 33 runs off 14 balls for the eighth wicket. In the last over, Reddy hammered 20 runs off Malki Madara.

Reddy’s back-end innings determined the outcome of the game for both teams.