Renuka Singh Thakur

Personal Info

India
DOB: February 01, 1996
Age: 27 years
Batting Style: Right hand bat
Bowling Style: Right arm fast medium
Birth Place: Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
Height: 5 ft 4 inches
Role in Team: Medium fast bowler

Overview

Career Brief

Renuka Singh Thakur is a young medium-fast bowler who represents the Indian women’s cricket team in ODIs and T20Is. She hails from Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, and has quickly moved up the ranks for the Women in Blue post-Jhulan Goswami era. A quality medium pacer capable of generating a consistent pace, Renuka idolises former Indian pacer Zaheer Khan. However, her bowling action is more similar to that of Ishant Sharma.

When did Renuka Singh Thakur make her debut?

Renuka Singh Thakur made her T20I debut against Australia at Carrara in October 2021. Her ODI debut came against New Zealand in Queenstown in February 2022.

Bowling Career Summary

FORMAT	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
WODI	7	7	348	268	18	4/28	4/28	14.88	4.62	19.3	3	0	0
WT20I	31	30	654	686	31	5/15	5/15	22.12	6.29	21	2	1	0

Renuka Singh Thakur has a tattoo of a father playing with his daughter on her bowling arm in memory of her father, Kehar Singh Thakur, who passed away in 1999. Her father used to work in the Himachal Pradesh irrigation and public health department in Rohru. Her mother Sunita never stopped Renuka or her brother Vinod from playing cricket, as it was her husband’s dream to see their kids succeed in sports.

Renuka’s mother encouraged her to attend the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association’s residential academy for girls in 2009.Over there, Renuka improved her fitness, gained pace, and gained control over her line and length. The results followed when she bagged a hat-trick against Karnataka in 2016 and also finished as the highest wicket-taker in the BCCI’s women’s ODI tournament in 2019 with 23 wickets.

In August 2021, she was first picked for the national women’s team but had to wait for a couple of months before making her T20I debut. Renuka was also picked for the 2022 ODI World Cup but did not get a game.

Highest wicket-taker at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham

Renuka Singh emerged as the highest wicket-taker at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. She finished with 11 wickets from four matches.

5-wicket-haul against England at the 2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup

Renuka Singh continued her fast progress with the T20 format for India, and registered a fiver-fer against England in South Africa during the 2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.

Career best ICC rankings

Renuka Singh is ranked fifth in the ICC women’s rankings in T20Is, the highest by any Indian bowler in history.

WPL 2023 Auction

Renuka Singh Thakur was bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 1.50 Crore at the inaugural WPL 2023 auction. She will be captained by Smriti Mandhana.

Player Net worth

As of January 2023, Renuka Singh’s net worth was Rs 50 Lakh. Her monthly income comes close to Rs 5 lakh, and her annual income is Rs 60 Lakh.

Renuka Singh is a centrally contracted player for the BCCI and comes under category C. The BCCI pays her a retainer fee of Rs 10 lakh. In addition to this, she takes home Rs 4 lakh, Rs 2 lakh, and Rs 2.5 lakh for every test, ODI, and T20I in which she represents the country.