New Delhi, June 25 -- Young left-arm spinner Shree Charani etched her name in history on Thursday by breaking the record for the most wickets taken by an Indian bowler in a single edition of the Women's T20 World Cup.

The 21-year-old from Andhra Pradesh dismissed Bangladesh's Shorna Akter in the 20th over to claim her 11th wicket of the tournament. With that scalp, she went past Poonam Yadav's previous Indian record of 10 wickets from the 2020 edition. Charani now sits on 12 wickets and counting in the ongoing 2026 edition.

Poonam Yadav's 10-wicket haul in 2020 had stood as the benchmark for Indian bowlers in the Women's T20 World Cup for six years. Before that, Diana David held the mark with nine wickets in 2010. Other notable performa...