# Deepti Sharma ends nine-year ODI century drought against Zimbabwe 2026-10-26T09:23:29+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets India all-rounder Deepti Sharma ended a nine-year wait for her second ODI century, scoring an unbeaten 106 off 86 balls against Zimbabwe in Vadodara on Sunday, 25 October. Her knock, containing 15 boundaries, powered India to 328/6 before she took three wickets with her off-spin to bowl Zimbabwe out for 207, securing a 121-run victory and the series with a game to spare. Deepti's first ODI hundred came in May 2017 against Ireland. 'I tried a lot, but it took a lot of time to get there. But I believed in my hard work,' she said. She shared a crucial 153-run partnership with former captain Harmanpreet Kaur. The third and final ODI is in Vadodara on Wednesday, 28 October. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both Telangana Today and Yes Punjab News deliver near-identical wire-style accounts of Deepti Sharma’s century, attributing her quotes identically and sharing the same match figures, partnership detail and series schedule. Neither outlet adds independent framing, each simply relays the player's own words and match facts. The uniform coverage means no stance difference exists on this story. The only open point is whether India complete a series sweep in the third ODI on Wednesday, 28 October. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - telanganatoday.com (neutral report) Straight match report with player quotes, no added slant. - yespunjab.com (neutral report) Identical wire-style coverage, no editorial framing. This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Deepti Sharma, Harmanpreet Kaur, India women's cricket team, Vadodara, Zimbabwe women's cricket team Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/deepti-sharma-ends-nine-year-odi-century-drought-against-zimbabwe/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/deepti-sharma-ends-nine-year-odi-century-drought-against-zimbabwe/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/