Deepti Sharma Becomes the Second Bowler in WPL History to Secure a Hat-Trick

In the UP Warriorz’s exciting one-run victory over the Delhi Capitals on Friday night, Deepti Sharma became the first player in WPL history to score a half-century and claim a hat-trick in the same game. At the Arun Jaitely Stadium in New Delhi, Deepti first helped UPW to a respectable 138/8 in 20 overs as captain Alyssa Healy chose to bat first against WPL 2024 table-toppers DC.

With six fours and a six, Deepti, who had been moved to the number three spot, pulled off a second back to back 50 years, scoring 59 off 48, while the wickets kept on falling toward one side. She then utilized the ball to make a game dominating spell,

DC was steadily moving closer to the objective, and the hosts seemed to be the favorites after captain Meg Lanning scored her third straight half-century. With the final delivery of the 14th over, Deepti then trapped Lanning LBW on 60, a wicket that would drastically alter the match’s outcome. To clinch her hat-trick, she next took Arundhati Reddy and Annabel Sutherland off consecutive deliveries.

. The next person to enter, Shikha Pandey, then set a boundary. After that, Deepti sent Shikha back to the DC dug-out with a superb return catch off her own bowling. In the course of six deliveries, DC fell from 124/4 to 129/7 as Deepti claimed three wickets and gave up just five runs.

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Radha Yadav opened the last over by clearing the boundary for a six against Grace Harris before adding a couple more runs. DC needed to win by ten runs.Now needing just two more runs to win, mDC collapsed once more, losing their final three wickets in the next three deliveries and were bowled out for 137.

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