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DY Patil Stadium: As she fielded in the slip cordon while fellow off-spinner Sneh Rana bowled in England Women's first innings in the one-off Test at the DY Patil Stadium on Friday, Deepti Sharma was plotting how she will ball when called into action by skipper Harmanpreet Kaur.

She went on to use that knowledge to claim her maiden five-wicket haul in Women's Test cricket on Friday, coming up with one of the most economical bowling figures by an Indian bowler.

Deepti, who bats left-handed and bowls with her right hand, is a thinking cricketer who tries to study her teammates and also bowlers from the opponent teams, to plan her bowling.