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I know you watch T20 cricket all the time? But do you know who is the first woman to take four wickets in four balls in T20I? Don't you? All right let's check out that in this article.
In the year 2020, german right arm pacer Anuradha Doddaballapur became the first women cricketer to take four wickets in four consecutive balls. Lovers of the game will remember the slinging superstar Lasith Malinga from this achievement. She was not ready to stop and got another wicket to register herself as a five-wicket haul.
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It is interesting to note that she gave a mere single in exchange for the five wickets she took. Before getting into the action, she took a catch and began her spell with Jo-Antoinette Stiglitz who was dismissed at a score of one. Her next three victims were Tugce Kazanci, Anisha Nookala, and Priya Sabu who were gifts for a scorer as they all had a duck against their names.
She got four wickets off four consecutive balls and broke all hopes of the Austrian side who were chasing a mammoth total. The final nail in the coffin was yet to come. Anuradha came back again and got Harjot Dhaliwal too. She had sent half of the Austrian batting unit into the dugout with her pace.
Anuradha Doddaballapur took four wickets in four balls in T20Is
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Germany's @Anuradha_D_18 claimed incredible figures of 5️⃣/1️⃣ against Austria earlier, becoming the first woman to take four wickets in four balls in T20Is 🤯 pic.twitter.com/EDPx5FBL4E
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Austria fell down and was restricted to a total of 61 after losing 9 wickets. They were batting second after the Germans got a colossal 198 on the scoreboard. It is interesting to note that one of her teammates got a hat trick in the previous match.
Anne Bierwisch got the better of Austrians before the record from Anuradha came up. Not only this, but the T20 series between these two sides also have just gifted the cricketing fraternity with its maiden century after the pandemic. It won't be incorrect to say that, unlike all speculations, women's cricket is rising strong and sublime.