India pacer Renuka Singh Thakur was named because the Rising Ladies’s Cricketer of the Yr 2022 by the world governing physique, Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC).
Thakur, 26, emerged as India’s main seam bowler final calendar 12 months with veteran Jhulan Goswami stepping apart. Throughout T20Is and ODIs in 2022, Thakur picked 40 wickets in 29 matches (18 in ODIs and 22 in T20Is).
Amongst her wickets and outings, maybe probably the most outstanding one got here in opposition to the ODI and T20I champions Australia within the 2022 Commonwealth Video games opener as Thakur ran by the Australian prime order, claiming a 4fer in her 4 over spell.
Impressing everyone together with her magnificent shows of seam and swing bowling, the ICC Rising Ladies’s Cricketer of the Yr had a terrific 2022 👌#ICCAwards2022
— ICC (@ICC) January 25, 2023
Her wickets included Alyssa Healy, Meg Lanning, Beth Mooney and Tahlia McGrath, a show of complete swing bowling in Birmingham.
As India claimed the Asia Cup title and reached the Commonwealth Video games last, Renuka claimed a complete of 17 wickets throughout 11 video games in each competitions at an economic system charge of simply 5.21.
Going into the 2023 T20 World Cup, Thakur can be pivotal to India’s title hopes alongside Shikha Pandey, who marked her return into the India squad.