Archive · 14 Sep 2026
Shree Charani Sets Indian Record With 36 T20I Wickets
Shree Charani is a spinner who plays cricket for India.
She set a new record in women’s T20I cricket.
She became the first Indian woman to take more than 35 wickets in one calendar year.
Her 36th wicket of 2026 came in the Women’s Asia Cup final.
India was playing Sri Lanka at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Charani caught Harshitha Samarawickrama after the batter hit the ball back toward her.
She later took two more wickets in the 16th over.
Sri Lanka went from 86 runs for four wickets to 101 runs for six wickets during this collapse.
Shree Charani became the first Indian woman to take more than 35 women’s T20I wickets in a calendar year.
She claimed her 36th wicket of 2026 during the Women’s Asia Cup final against Sri Lanka.
Charani dismissed Harshitha Samarawickrama caught and bowled, leaving Sri Lanka at 86/4 while chasing 184.
She then took two wickets in the 16th over, dismissing Kavisha Dilhari and Nilakshika Silva.
Sri Lanka fell to 101/6 after Charani’s three-wicket sequence in the final.
- Who
- Indian spinner Shree Charani, Sri Lankan batters Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari and Nilakshika Silva, and the India and Sri Lanka women’s teams.
- What
- Charani became the first Indian woman to take more than 35 women’s T20I wickets in a calendar year, reaching 36 wickets in 2026.
- When
- Sunday, September 13, 2026.
- Where
- The Women’s Asia Cup final at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
- Why
- She reached the milestone by dismissing Harshitha Samarawickrama and then took two further wickets during Sri Lanka’s chase of 184.
- Player
- Shree Charani
- Record
- First Indian woman to take more than 35 women’s T20I wickets in a calendar year
- Wickets in 2026
- 36
- Match
- Women’s Asia Cup final
- Opponent
- Sri Lanka
- Milestone dismissal
- Harshitha Samarawickrama, caught and bowled
- Sri Lanka’s score
- 101/6 after Charani’s three-wicket sequence
- Target
- 184 runs
