Women’s T20 WC: Both Kranti And Renuka Should Start In Playing Eleven With Arundhati, Says Anjum Chopra
Both Kranti Gaud: Former India captain Anjum Chopra believes both Kranti Gaud and Renuka Singh Thakur should start in India's playing eleven alongside Arundhati Reddy for the 2026 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, asserting that the trio forms the backbone of India's pace attack regardless of the experiments seen during the preceding T20I series against England.
India’s bowling unit remains the bigger concern heading into their first clash against Pakistan at Edgbaston on Sunday, especially with form and selection still unsettled. Deepti Sharma’s struggles since the Australia tour, the absence of a genuine all‑rounder like Amanjot Kaur, and England’s repeated exposure of India’s death‑bowling frailties have left the think‑tank searching for answers.
Rookie pacer Nandni Sharma was picked on the back of a promising WPL debut, but her lack of game time in the warm‑ups raises questions, after she picked three wickets on debut in Chelmsford. Renuka Singh Thakur showed prodigious swing against England and even produced a jaffa to dismiss Danni Wyatt‑Hodge, but leaked runs in the death overs. Read More...
