Vaishnavi Sharma took 5/39 as India Women beat Zimbabwe by eight wickets in the third ODI at Vadodara on 28 October 2026. Zimbabwe were dismissed for 131 in 39.5 overs; India reached 133/2 in 17 overs to complete the chase.
The useful detail behind the five-wicket return is where the dismissals fell in the innings. BCCI’s scorecard shows wickets spread from Zimbabwe’s third dismissal to its eighth, including two of the more substantial innings. That gives a clearer account of the spell’s contribution than treating the final bowling figures as an isolated milestone.
The five dismissals and the stand they interrupted
Vaishnavi first dismissed Beloved Biza for 1, with Harmanpreet Kaur taking the catch at 25/3 in 9.1 overs. Her next wicket was opener Modester Mupachikwa, stumped by Yastika Bhatia for 37 at 52/4 in 15.5 overs. Taking the opener ended an innings that still stood as Zimbabwe’s highest individual score.
She then dismissed Chiyedza Dhururu for 20 at 95/5 in 27.2 overs, Michelle Mavunga for 6 at 105/6 in 29.5 overs, and Nyasha Gwanzura for 10 at 123/8 in 33.6 overs. The Dhururu wicket ended a 43-run stand with Josephine Nkomo, calculated from the 52/4 and 95/5 scores. That was Zimbabwe’s largest partnership of the innings, making the fifth wicket a significant break in their recovery.
How the remaining wickets were shared
The final analysis was 10 overs, one maiden,39 runs and five wickets, an economy rate of 3.90. Kranti Gaud took 2/23 and Sayali Satghare 2/11. The last wicket was Nomvelo Sibanda run out for 3, so the complete ten-wicket total includes one run-out as well as nine wickets credited to bowlers.
Zimbabwe’s leading contributions were Mupachikwa’s 37, Nkomo’s 35 and Dhururu’s 20. Vaishnavi dismissed two of those three, while Gaud removed Nkomo. That distribution matters when reading the five-wicket figure: the spell reached both established batters and the lower order, but the early wickets and final dismissal were shared across the attack and fielding side.
Read the complete match alongside the bowling figures
India finished the chase at 133/2 in 17 overs, and the BCCI match centre records an eight-wicket win. Readers can open that official page below, choose Scorecard and switch between Zimbabwe Women Innings and India Women Innings. The fall-of-wickets section gives each dismissal’s timing, while the bowling table supplies the individual analysis.
Vaishnavi’s five wickets helped keep the target to 132 before India completed the chase. Her dismissals of Mupachikwa and Dhururu, including the end of the 43-run stand, explain where that contribution came within the innings. The useful measure is both the number of wickets and the scoring partnerships they interrupted; the official scorecard provides the basis for checking any later correction.
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