Australia’s Ellyse Perry goes previous Rohit Sharma to develop into most-capped participant in T20 World Cups

Women’s T20 World Cup 2023: Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry performed her fortieth match within the historical past of the mega occasion. She went previous Indian skipper Rohit Sharma.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 18, 2023 22:10 IST

Perry goes previous Rohit to develop into most-capped participant in T20 World Cups. Courtesy: Perry Instagram, PTI

By Sabyasachi Chowdhury: Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry has made the world file for enjoying probably the most variety of matches within the historical past of T20 World Cups. The all-rounder achieved the feat in her group’s match in opposition to Sune Luus’ South Africa on Saturday, February 18 at St George’s Park in Gqeberha.

Perry went previous Indian males’s skipper Rohit Sharma, who has performed 39 matches so far in T20 World Cups. Perry performed her fortieth match within the mega occasion on Saturday. Both Rohit and Perry are among the many only a few gamers who’ve taken half in all T20 World Cups.

Earlier within the match, Perry turned the primary Australian cricketer to attain over 1500 runs and choose up in extra of 100 wickets in T20Is.

Australia, captained by Meg Lanning, began their marketing campaign with three wins on the trot in opposition to Sophie Devine’s New Zealand, Nigar Sultana Joty’s Bangladesh and Chamari Athapaththu’s Sri Lanka.

Perry has obtained just one likelihood to bat within the match so far, the place she scored 40 and helped her group safe a large 97-run win over the White Ferns. In that recreation, she performed at a powerful strike-rate of 181.81.

Perry has additionally been spectacular with the ball, as she has picked up two wickets from 4 overs at a wonderful economic system price of 5.50.

Rohit, alternatively, is at the moment busy participating within the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He scored 100 within the opening Test on the VCA Stadium in Nagpur as India beat Australia by an innings and 132 runs. The hosts additionally took a 1-0 lead within the three-match sequence.

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Feb 18, 2023