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Niki Prasad takes wickets with first two T20I deliveries

ICC highlights her 2/7 in India’s series-clinching win over Zimbabwe.

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Added 19 October 2026 · Source published 19 October 2026

Niki Prasad took two wickets with her first two deliveries in T20I cricket and finished with 2/7 from two overs against Zimbabwe on 18 October. ICC lists her alongside Michael Kasprowicz and Akshatha Rao as players to achieve that start. Prasad said she aims to apply lessons from each match and keep improving. The third T20I is scheduled for 20 October in Raipur. This report adds individual performance detail to the completed result already recorded.

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Innings scorecard

Scorecard checked 1 November 2026, 10:06 IST. Saved figures, not a live feed.

Source reported status: India Women won by 9 wkts.

Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium, Raipur.

Match date: 18 October 2026.

Zimbabwe Women · 102-8 (20 Overs, RR: 5.1)

Zimbabwe Women batting
Batter	Dismissal / status	R	B	4s	SR
Kelis Ndhlovu	b Nandani Sharma	0	11	0	0.00
Beloved Biza	c Harmanpreet Kaur b Deepti Sharma	7	13	0	53.85
Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano	c Richa Ghosh b Niki Prasad	34	32	5	106.25
Sharne Mayers	c Deepti Sharma b Kranti Gaud	9	10	2	90.00
Josephine Nkomo (c)	not out	27	35	2	77.14
Nyasha Gwanzura	lbw b Niki Prasad	0	1	0	0.00
Modester Mupachikwa (wk)	run out (Shree Charani)	9	11	1	81.82
Michelle Mavunga	c Niki Prasad b Shree Charani	4	4	1	100.00
Francisca Chipare	run out (Anushka Sharma/Kranti Gaud)	0	3	0	0.00

Extras: 12 (b 0, lb 5, w 7, nb 0, p 0).

Did not Bat Olinder Chare, Tendai Makusha.

Opposition bowling · Zimbabwe Women innings
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
Kranti Gaud	4	15	1	3.80
Nandani Sharma	3	17	1	5.70
Deepti Sharma	3	13	1	4.30
Arundhati Reddy	3	17	0	5.70
Shree Charani	4	21	1	5.20
Shafali Verma	1	7	0	7.00
Niki Prasad	2	7	2	3.50

India Women · 104-1 (8.5 Overs, RR: 11.77)

India Women batting
Batter	Dismissal / status	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Shafali Verma	c Tendai Makusha b Beloved Biza	55	25	6	4	220.00
Smriti Mandhana (c)	not out	47	25	6	2	188.00
Anushka Sharma	not out	1	4	0	0	25.00

Extras: 1 (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 1, p 0).

Did not Bat Harmanpreet Kaur, Niki Prasad, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Arundhati Reddy, Shree Charani, Nandani Sharma, Kranti Gaud.

Opposition bowling · India Women innings
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
Nyasha Gwanzura	3	42	0	14.00
Tendai Makusha	2	19	0	9.50
Michelle Mavunga	1	15	0	15.00
Olinder Chare	1.5	19	0	10.40
Beloved Biza	1	9	1	9.00

Scorecard source. Team totals, batting runs plus extras, bowling runs plus non-bowler extras, and legal-ball totals checked for the displayed innings.