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.
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.
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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 |
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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.
