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 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 are Debasish Mohanty in 2001 and Rex Singh in 2019, all in red ball cricket.
Defending a modest total of 186, Chandigarh bundled Arunachal Pradesh out for a meagre 25 runs to register a thumping 161-run victory. Kashvee has been in red-hot form for Chandigarh. The teenager has bagged 63 wickets so far this season. With 31 scalps in nine matches, including four five-wicket hauls, she is the leading wicket-taker in the women's U-23 One-day trophy.
"I tried to bowl wicket-to-wicket. I have learnt this after watching the videos of my inspiration Jhulan Goswami. Her height helps her extract a lot of bounce, but I am not as tall as her. So I rely on my accuracy, which is my biggest strength," Kashvee told Times of India after achieving the feat."I am a natural in-swing bowler and that's why most of my wickets are either leg before the wicket or bowled. My aim is to complete the season with 100 wickets," added Kashvee, who made her debut three years ago for Punjab U-19, at the age of 13.
