Following the defeats against New Zealand and Australia, India failed to qualify for the semi-finals of the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup. Here are the marks out of 10 for the Indian players at the competition.
Harmanpreet Kaur: 7
4 matches | 150 runs, SR 134, 2 fifties, HS: 54*
After the low against New Zealand, Kaur’s fifty against Sri Lanka promised much. However, the one against Australia was a scratchy effort, marred by some questionable strike rotations towards the end.
Deepti Sharma: 5
4 matches | 49 runs, SR 96, HS: 29 | 4 wickets at 28.25, ec 7.13, BBI: 2-28
Deepti came to her elements only in the Australia match, where she took two key wickets, bowled tightly, and played a solid hand with the bat – but in vain.
Shafali Verma: 4
4 matches | 97 runs, SR 105, HS: 43
A forgettable World Cup for Verma apart from a couple of promising shots against Australia. She was good on the field.
Smriti Mandhana: 3
4 matches | 75 runs, SR 95, 1 fifty, HS: 50 | Ct: 4
Three failures for Mandhana, along with a fifty in the easier of the two Indian wins. More was expected of a batter of her stature.
Jemimah Rodrigues: 4
4 matches | 68 runs, SR 111, HS: 23
Four innings, four cameos for Rodrigues. The two in the defeats did little for India’s cause. The two in the wins were not particularly crucial towards the outcome.
Pooja Vastrakar: 2
2 matches | 17 runs, SR 131, HS: 9 | 1 wicket at 31.00, ec 7.75, BBI: 1-22
An injury restricted Vastrakar to two games, and she bowled only four overs across them. Her only wicket, of Ash Gardner, was the outcome of a well-executed short-ball ploy.
Richa Ghosh: 1
4 matches | 19 runs, SR 66, HS: 12 | Ct: 3, St: 3
Ghosh, India’s premier death-over hitter, ended the World Cup without a single boundary hit across 29 balls. Gets half a point for the six dismissals (especially the catch of Fatima Sana).
Shreyanka Patil: 7
4 matches | 4 wickets at 21.00, Ec 5.60, BBI: 2-12
The last over in the final game notwithstanding, Patil bowled with control, even while opening bowling, and finished with an excellent economy rate.
Renuka Singh Thakur: 8
4 matches | 7 wickets at 12.85, Ec 5.62, BBI: 2-16
Thakur struck early in three of the four matches, got two wickets in the other, and finished the World Cup with an economy rate well below a run a ball.
Arundhati Reddy: 7.5
4 matches | 7 wickets at 12.85, Ec 6.00, BBI: 3-19
Reddy bowled steadily in the middle overs and towards the end to finish as India’s joint-highest wicket-taker, matching Thakur’s bowling average.
Radha Yadav: 5
1 match | 1 wicket at 14.00, Ec 7.00, BBI: 1-14 | Ct: 2 (and 3 as substitute)
One can hardly blame Radha for her World Cup. She got two inexpensive overs, but that was enough for her to get Tahlia McGrath to end a 62-run stand. Gets a point for her catching (three of which were as substitute) in an otherwise lacklustre fielding effort by the team.
Asha Sobhana Joy: 7
3 matches | 5 wickets at 13.00, Ec 5.41, BBI: 3-19
Sobhana’s numbers are somewhat boosted by the rounding-up spell in the easy win against Sri Lanka, but she did finish as India’s most economical bowler at the World Cup.
S Sajana: no point
1 match | 4*(1)
Hit the only ball she faced for four. Took a good catch as substitute.
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