24 balls… 20 dots, 3 wickets, ‘Himachal Express’ rocks in the semi-finals

New Delhi. The excellent performance of Indian players continues in the Women’s Asia Cup. The Indian team, which was unbeaten in the tournament, stopped Bangladesh at a score of 80 in the semi-finals. Fast bowler Renuka Singh played an important role in this, who sent the opposition team’s 3 batsmen to the pavilion one by one with her lethal bowling. Born in Himachal Pradesh, Renuka bowled 24 balls in which Bangladesh batsmen could not score runs on 20 balls. Not only this, Renuka also bowled a maiden over in her quota of 4 overs.

Bangladesh won the toss and decided to bat first against India (IND vs BAN) in the first semi-final of the Women’s Asia Cup T20 (Womens Asia Cup T20, 2024) at the Dambulla International Cricket Stadium. Indian fast bowler Renuka Singh proved Bangladeshi captain Nigar Sultana’s decision to bat first after winning the toss wrong. Renuka gave India a great start by sending Bangladesh’s top 3 batsmen to the pavilion cheaply. Bangladesh had lost their 5 wickets at a score of 33. Renuka gave India the first success by getting opener Dilara Akhtar caught by Uma. After this, Renuka got Ishma Tanjim caught out on a personal score of 8, while Renuka completed her third wicket by dismissing Murshida Khatum.

half century of wickets
Renuka Singh also completed her 50 wickets in T20 International cricket career. She completed half century of wickets in 46 T20 matches. Before this, Renuka had taken 47 T20 wickets in 45 matches. She needed 3 wickets in this match to touch the figure of 50 wickets.