In the year 2020, she became the first player, male or female, to score five consecutive T20I fifty-plus scores.
The all-rounder of New Zealand women cricket team Sophie Devine has been signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore for her base price of Rs 50 lakh at the inaugural Women’s Premier League auction in Mumbai on Monday.
In the year 2020, she became the first player, male or female, to score five consecutive T20I fifty-plus scores. Devine has 2950 runs in 116 T20Is at a strike rate of 121.95, with 17 fifties and one hundred. She also has 110 wickets at an economy rate of under seven.
Devine also holds the record for the fastest century in women’s T20 history. Devine, playing for the Wellington Blaze in the Super Smash, took just 36 balls to get to the three-figure mark. She overtook West Indies batter Deandra Dottin, who created the record at the ICC Women’s World Cup in 2010, smacking a ton off 38 balls.
In the WBBL, Devine has represented the Adelaide Strikers and Perth Scorchers and has also played for the Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred. She has also represented New Zealand in hockey.
