Chandigarh’s Gautam picks up 10 wickets in women’s U-19 domestic ODI

PTI, Feb 26, 2020, 10:35 AM IST

Kadapa: Chandigarh’s Kashvee Gautam did an Anil Kumble by picking up 10 wickets in 4.5 overs to seal a 161-run win for her side against Arunachal Pradesh in a women’s Under-19 One Day Trophy at KSRM College Ground here on Tuesday.

She became the first Indian bowler to take all 10 wickets in a limited-overs match.

Besides, Gautam, who is also the skipper of Chandigarh, top-scored with a 68-ball 49.

Kumble is the only Indian to have achieved the feat in international cricket when he scalped all 10 wickets against Pakistan in a Test match in New Delhi in 1999.

Other cricketers to have taken 10 wickets in an innings is Debasish Mohanty in 2001 and Rex Singh in 2019, all in red-ball cricket.

Defending 186 for 4, Gautam started for the winners, registering a hat-trick by her name to bowl out Arunachal Pradesh for 25.