{"id":180641,"date":"2026-06-15T02:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T08:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=180641"},"modified":"2026-06-15T02:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T08:11:08","slug":"deepti-sharma-says-she-thrives-under-pressure-after-match-winning-show-against-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=180641","title":{"rendered":"Deepti Sharma says she thrives under pressure after match-winning show against Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Seasoned all-rounder Deepti Sharma says she relishes the pressure that comes with ICC tournaments after delivering a match-winning performance in India\u2019s opening Women\u2019s T20 World Cup game against arch foe Pakistan.<\/p>\n

Having endured an underwhelming series against Australia, South Africa and England, Deepti ended her lean patch in style with career-best figures of 5\/10 as India began its campaign with a commanding 64-run victory on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Her spell was the best by an Indian bowler in the history of the Women\u2019s T20 World Cup and the third-best bowling figure overall in the tournament.<\/p>\n

The performance came less than a year after Deepti\u2019s five-wicket haul in the ODI World Cup final, which helped India clinch its maiden 50-over World Cup title.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like the pressure conditions and ICC tournaments; I feel I have started again from where I had finished, so it feels good. I\u2019m focussing on my process… the same things I do in practice I am applying in matches,\u201d Deepti said at the post-match press conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese things help me, and the only thing is that I have to keep moving forward and not stop and day by day have to keep improving.\u201d The 28-year-old was a part of the Indian team that reached the ODI World Cup final in 2017.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on her journey since that time, Deepti said, \u201cWhen you look at young Deepti and now senior Deepti, it feels very good. Looking back at the earlier matches and the 2017 World Cup, I learnt a lot from that World Cup, and I learn from every match where the errors are happening and where I can be better.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThen I regularly talk to Aavishkar (Salvi) sir about what always helps me; I watch my videos, so I think there is always learning from every match \u2014 it doesn\u2019t matter whether you are winning or not.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are considered a good player only when you think about how to improve even your good qualities, and every match is important to me, and I\u2019m just enjoying it. So it feels good,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Against Pakistan, Deepti dismissed opener Gull Feroza, Ayesha Zafar, Aliya Riaz, Nashra Sandhu, and Tasmia Rubab while scoring an unbeaten 12 off 9 balls.<\/p>\n

\u201cI kept my plans very simple and just had self-belief that whenever such situations arise, I\u2019ll have to step up. And since the wicket was slightly turning, I was hitting my good balls and landing them well, and it was just about bowling back-to-back in the good areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn today\u2019s pitch speed was very crucial, so I was varying it in every over, and that helped me.\u201d Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur rescued India with a 91-run partnership after the Women in Blue were reduced to 2\/18.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnbelievable batting by Smriti, and special mention about that partnership, Smriti and Harry, they batted really well.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom there we got the momentum because initially we lost early wickets, but we always thought that we had a good batting line-up, so we contributed, and how they batted is commendable.\u201d India will next take on debutant Netherlands.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they played today, and it\u2019s a good team. This is the first time they\u2019ve qualified for the World Cup, and we are not taking that game lightly. But it\u2019s a few days until that game, and now we are looking good, we are doing good, and we are just focussing that each and every match is important for us and we will play positive cricket.<\/p>\n

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