Deepti dazzles as Indian women complete 3-0 whitewash of WI

Senior offspinner Deepti Sharma did the star turn with careerbest figures of 631 before doing her bit with the bat as India completed a 30 whitewash of the West Indies with a fivewicket victory in the final Womenrsquos ODI here on FridayHaving bowled out West Indies for 162 after Deeptirsquos superlative performance and pacer Renuka Singhrsquos 429 excellent show with the new ball India recovered after a toporder wobble to reach the target of 163 in 282 oversIn a spot of bother at 734India were in a spot of bother at 734 but Deepti 39 not out in 48 balls used all her experience to see the team through with plenty of overs remainingDeepti said her approach to try and extract more turn from the surface helped her return careerbest bowling figuresIndian players after winning the ODI series v WI below Deepti Sharma celebrates a wicket PicsPTI BCCIldquoI have been doing a lot of hard work My focus is to take as many wickets as possible and make as many runs as possible for the team That has always backed merdquo Deepti told the media after the winldquoYesterdayrsquos practice session helped me a lot I spoke to bowling coach Avishkar Salvi sir as to how I can improve my bowling He asked me to focus on getting more turn and how much help we are getting from the wicket That helped me a lotrdquo she addedIndiarsquos strong showing in the whiteball series against the West Indies mdash the hosts also won the T20I series 21 mdash helped them bounce back from a disappointing Australia tourldquoThe experience of playing overseas definitely matters but one special aspect of this Indian team is that whether we win or lose we stay together We go through those ups and downs as a team and we always back each otherrdquo she saidDeepti said she remains committed to giving her best both with the ball and the batldquoAs an allrounder I always think about how much I can contribute to the team When you win 30 there is always a good feelingrdquo she saidChallenge acceptedldquoI like challenges Whenever I face tough situations I always like to step up for the team You donrsquot always get into crunch situations as a player but I like to play this role as an allrounderrdquoldquoToday I backed myself to put on a crucial partnership with Jemi Jemimah Rodrigues so that we could get closer to our totalrdquo said Deepti who put on 56 runs for the fifth wicket with Jemimah 29This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever