The fast bowler in a flurry for the Indian women’s cricket team ahead of the historic pink ball test against Australia Renuka Singh Thakur He has been ruled out of the one-off game scheduled to start on March 6 at the WACA Ground in Perth.
Why won’t Renuka Singh play the only Test against Australia?
BCCI’s decision to withdraw Renuka stems from a proactive workload management strategy rather than any fresh injury concerns. The right-arm seamer appeared in all three T20Is against Australia, claiming four wickets, and also played in the first and third ODIs, taking a wicket in those appearances.
“Team India skipper Renuka Thakur has been ruled out of the One-off Test at the WACA Ground in Perth, part of the ongoing multi-format series against Australia Women. To better manage her workload, Renuka has been advised to rest and will not be available for selection for the pink-ball Test,” This was stated in the official statement of BCTI.
The Board emphasized that the BCCI Medical Team will closely monitor Renuka’s fitness progress ahead of the 2026 T20 Women’s World Cup starting in June. This marks another example of the BCCI carefully managing the paceman’s workload after he returned from injury during the home ODI series against Australia last year.
Renuka Singh’s replacement for the Perth Test
Renuka’s replacement is a 22-year-old Kashvee Gautamwho received his first test call after a promising start to his limited international career. BCCI confirmed: “The Women’s Selection Committee picked Kashvee Gautam as her replacement. Kashvee was also part of the ODI squad in the ongoing multi-format series.”
In the ODI series against Australia, Kashvee showed his all-round potential, scoring 68 runs at an average of 22.66 in the three matches with a strike rate of 85, while also taking three wickets at a save of 6.75. She has played a total of six ODIs for India, taking three wickets and has 19 wickets in 18 Women’s Premier League (WPL) matches.
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Apart from his white-ball credentials, Kashvee impressed in the recent domestic multi-day tournament, scoring an unbeaten 106 off 86 balls against an attack featuring Nandani Sharma, Kranti Gaud and N Shree Charani. He finished as the tenth highest run-getter in the tournament, while also taking four wickets from three games.
India’s updated Test squad
Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Pratika Rawal, Richa Ghosh (wk), Uma Chetry (wk), Amanjot Kaur, Sneh Rana, Sayali Satghare, Deepti Sharma, Kranti Gaudvi, Kashmave.
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This article was originally published here WomenCricket.coma Cricket Times company.
