Deepti Sharma is the first player in the history of women's cricket to claim 150-plus wickets in both ODIs and T20Is.
Deepti Sharma created a new record in women's cricket, while Renuka Singh Thakur bagged four wickets and Shafali Verma smashed a blistering half-century as India thrashed Sri Lanka by eight wickets to seal the five-match T20I series 3-0, in Thiruvananthapuram, on Friday.
Pacer Renuka Singh Thakur marked her return to the side in scintillating fashion with a four-wicket haul, while Deepti bagged 3/18 as India restricted Sri Lanka to 112 for seven in the third match.
Shafali single-handedly destroyed the Lankan bowling attack, blasting her way to entertaining 79 not out from 42 balls, with three sixes and 11 fours, as India raced to 115/2 in 13.2 overs, winning with 80 balls to spare.
Playing her first T20I since December last year, Renuka (4/21) did what she does best with the new ball -- rattling the Sri Lankan top order and swinging the momentum decisively in India's favour.
The ever-reliable Deepti provided excellent support with timely breakthroughs, taking her wickets tally to 151 in T20 Internationals to join Australia's Megan Schutt as the highest wicket-taker in women's T20 Internationals.
Chasing the modest target, the big-hitting Shafali picked up from where she had left off in the previous match, going all guns blazing to register her second consecutive half-century.
After facing three dot balls, the explosive opener danced down the track to clobber a towering 83-metre six over long-off, following it up with back-to-back boundaries through midwicket and mid-off.
Timing the ball to perfection, she punished the Sri Lankan bowlers with an entertaining knock, smashing 11 boundaries and three sixes.
Spinner Kavisha Dilhari (2/18) briefly stalled India's momentum by removing vice-captain Smriti Mandhana (1), whose lean patch continued, and Jemimah Rodrigues, but the outcome was never in doubt with Shafali finishing it off in style with a boundary.
Deepti is the first player in the history of women's cricket to pick up 150-plus wickets in both ODIs and T20Is.
Trailing 0-2 in the five-match series, Sri Lanka made a bright start as Hasini Perera (25) hit two boundaries to score 12 runs from the opening over bowled by Renuka.
Perera mixed caution with innovation, even scooping the ball over wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh to pick up her fourth boundary, ensuring skipper Chamari Athapaththu (3) didn't feel the pressure despite struggling to rotate the strike early on.
Deepti made the first breakthrough for India as Athapaththu looked to break free by charging down the pitch, only to top-edge the ball to Harmanpreet Kaur.
Renuka, who quickly shrugged the rust, returned for her second spell to deliver twin blows in the sixth over. She deal the visitors a blow by dismissing Perera in the sixth over before get the wicket Harshitha Samarawickrama (2) in the same over, leaving Sri Lanka reeling on 32 for 3.
The senior pacer struck again in the 10th over, trapping Nilakshika Silva leg before wicket, further tightening India's grip on the contest.
Kavisha Dilhari (20) and Imesha Dulani shared a 40-run stand to keep the visitors in the hunt. But just as it looked like Sri Lanka were finding their way back in the game, Deepti struck with the wicket of the former in the 14th over.
Renuka left Sri Lanka in further mess with the wicket of Dulani for 27 in the 16th over, finishing her spell with a wicket maiden to finish with excellent figures of 4/21 in four overs.
Deepti also struck in her final over, picking up a record 150th wicket of her T20I career by dismissing Shehani in the 18th over, as the spinner registered wonderful figures of 3/18 in four overs.
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