Contact Us
Top banner desktop

ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023: Renuka Singh - India Women's Best Bowling Figures In WT20WC

The 27-year-old Indian right-arm pacer Renuka Singh claimed a fifer against England Women and recorded India’s best bowling figures in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup history.

Sandipan Ghosh
Last updated: 20.02.2023
ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023: Renuka Singh - India Women's Best Bowling Figures In WT20WC

Though India Women suffered a close 11-run defeat against England Women in the Group 2 contest of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 at Gqeberha, the 27-year-old Indian right-arm pacer Renuka Singh claimed a fifer and recorded India’s best bowling figures in the tournament history.

Renuka Singh: 3 wickets in first 3 overs

After the Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur chose to field first, England Women had a struggling start. Before the completion of the first five overs, the English team was fighting on 29/3 as Renuka already sent the first three batters (Danni Wyatt 0, Alice Capsey 3, Sophia Dunkley 10) to the pavilion in her first three overs.

Advertisement

Later, Nat Sciver-Brunt (50), Amy Jones (40) and the skipper Heather Knight (28) helped the English side to manage the challenging first batting total of 151/7 in 20 overs.


Renuka Singh: 2 back-to-back wickets in the final over


In the last over of that innings, Renuka continued her shining moment by dismissing Amy Jones (40) and Katherine Sciver-Brunt (0) in successive deliveries. After completing her first international fifer, Renuka was very close to recording a WT20WC hat-trick on the final ball of that innings, but her yorker missed the wicket and resulted in a four-bye for the batting side.


Renuka Singh: 4-0-15-5


  • Best bowling figures by an Indian in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup history. (check the below list)

  • Second Indian to claim a five-wicket haul in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup history. (check the below list)

  • After Caribbean star Deandra Dottin’s 5/5, Renuka is in the second position in the list of best bowling figures by a pacer in the WT20WC history.

  • Third pacer to record a five-wicket haul in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup history (after Julie Hunter and Deandra Dottin).

  • Fourth-best bowling figures in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup history. (check the below list)

  • Sixth bowler to record a five-wicket haul in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup history.


Also Read | Meg Lanning - Most Appearances As Captain In ICC Women's T20 World Cup History


Bowlers with five-wicket hauls in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup history

Player (Team)

Bowling figures

Opposition

Venue

Year

Deandra Dottin (West Indies Women)

3.4-1-5-5

Bangladesh Women

Providence

2018

Sune Luus (South Africa Women)

4-0-8-5

Ireland Women

Chennai

2016

Ashleigh Gardner (Australia Women)

3-0-12-5

New Zealand Women

Paarl

2023

Renuka Singh (India Women)

4-0-15-5

England Women

Gqeberha

2023

Priyanka Roy (India Women)

3.5-0-16-5

Pakistan Women

Taunton

2009

Julie Hunter (Australia Women)

3.2-0-22-5

West Indies Women

Colombo (RPS)

2012


Also Read | Deepti Sharma: 1st Indian Women's Cricketer To Take 100 WT20I Wickets 


India Women: 140/5

At chasing, opener Smriti Mandhana scored a half-century (52), and the in-form Richa Ghosh scored the fighting 47 not out. However, India Women were still 12 runs short of the target as they were restricted to 140/5 in 20 overs.  

Chase Your Sport

Stay up-to-date on the latest sports news, stats, expert analysis and trends, including cricket, football, wrestling, tennis, basketball, Formula One and more. Find previews, schedules, results of upcoming events, and fantasy tips on Chase Your Sport.