Commonwealth Games 2022 | Internet reacts to Renuka Singh Thakur’s phenomenal spell ripping Australia apart

07/29/2022

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Renuka Singh Thakur made headlines on Friday during India's Commonwealth Games 2022 opener against reigning world champions Australia. Coming to defend a below-par 155, Thakur took all four of Australia's top order wickets, that too inside powerplay, to send their oppositions in disarray early.

Indian women bowlers got off to a dream start in the 2022 Commonwealth Games, taking place in Birmingham. To be precise, it was Renuka Singh Thakur who took all the limelight after the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side posted 154/8 batting first in the competition's opener.

In the opening over, Thakur dismissed the dangerous Alyssa Healy without scoring to send Australia on the back foot early. Then, in her next over, she outfoxed Meg Lanning and Beth Mooney to continue the attack. Then, in the fifth over, Tahlia McGrath was undone by her as well as Australia's top four lost their wickets to a single Indian bowler.

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Kaur did not hold back and asked Thakur to complete her magnificent spell within seven overs. She returned excellent figures of 4-0-18-4 to keep her side in the hunt.

Meanwhile, Australia reached 100/6 in 13 overs, requiring 55 off the last 42 balls.

Super spell

Renuka Singh Thakur's has to be the greatest international spell by anyone born in Shimla.

Robin Jackman, Neville Tufnell, or Shafaqat Rana never had a spell this good.
— Abhishek Mukherjee (@ovshake42)

Hats off

Renuka Singh Thakur, Take a bow.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)

Thakur strikes

- Wicket of Alyssa Healy.

- Wicket of Beth Mooney.

- Wicket of Meg Lanning.

- Wicket of Tahlia McGrath.

- All in the Powerplay.

- A spell of 4/18.

- Renuka Singh Thakur!
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)

India is back in the game

Renuka singh thakur. What a bowler.🙌. 4-fer, broke the backbone of their chase.
— `R (@ryandesa_7)

Dreamy

Dream spell. Yeah, that’s what you call it. Hands down, Renuka Singh Thakur.
— Prajakta (@18prajakta)

The girl shines

Australia might still win this. But this match where cricket returned to the Commonwealth Games will be remembered as the match where Renuka Singh Thakur, the girl from Shimla, made the world take notice of her. Hope she gets the support of her team, unlike the other pacers.
— Gaurav Nandan Tripathi (@Cric_Beyond_Ent)

Sensational

Renuka Singh Thakur 😍😍😍 sensational Spell💪
— Jay Kishan Toshniwal (@JayKishanToshn1)

Still holding the beer!

Me in my head: Getting out all of Healy, Lanning, Mooney and McGrath for a single digit score — who does that?!

Renuka Singh Thakur: Hold my 🍺

What. A. Spell. 🔥
— Samreen (@SamreenRazz)

Super bowling