Deepti Sharma hits ton at No. 6 as India women beat Zimbabwe by 121 runs in third ODI

India's star all-rounder Deepti Sharma has made history in One Day International cricket. In the third and final match between the Indian women's team and Zimbabwe women, Deepti scored an unbeaten 106 off 86 balls, with 15 fours. It was her second ODI century.

With this century, Deepti became the first Indian woman cricketer to score a hundred while batting at No. 6. Powered by her innings, India piled up 328 for 6 in 50 overs.

With the century, Deepti also joined an exclusive club that includes Indian greats Sachin Tendulkar and Manoj Prabhakar. She is only the third Indian player, men and women combined, to take more than 150 wickets and score at least two centuries in ODIs.

Tendulkar has 154 wickets and 49 centuries in ODIs. Manoj Prabhakar has 157 wickets and two centuries. Deepti now has 171 ODI wickets along with two centuries.

India won the match by 121 runs. Besides Deepti Sharma, former captain Harmanpreet Kaur also played a fine innings of 126. Harmanpreet faced 126 balls and hit 15 fours in all. The centuries by Deepti and Harmanpreet took the Indian women's team to 328 for 6 in the full 50 overs.

In reply, Zimbabwe tried to give India a stiff fight, but the top-order batters failed and the whole side collapsed. Zimbabwe were bowled out for 207 in 48.5 overs. Chasing 328, they could manage only 207, and India won by 121 runs.

With the ball for India, Vaishnavi Sharma did well, taking 4 wickets for 39 runs in 10 overs. Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets, while Saili Satghare, Jintimani Kalita and Shree Charani took one wicket each.