[In Pictures] Tanuja Kanwar receives her debut cap from Renuka Singh ahead of the IND-W vs UAE-W Asia Cup match
Left-arm spinner Tanuja Kanwar received her maiden India cap from pacer Renuka Singh ahead of India’s second league game of the Women's Asia Cup T20 2024 against the United Arab Emirates Women on Sunday, July 21, at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium.
Indian spinner, Shreyanka Patil, who played a big role in India’s win in the first game against Pakistan Women, was ruled out of the tournament due to a fractured finger. The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has announced that India have roped in Tanuja Kanwar as the replacement.
Tanuja is now set to make her India debut after UAE Women won the toss and asked the Women in Blue to bat first.
Here’s the picture of Tanuja receiving her debut cap shared by the Indian Cricket Team Instagram account:
Tanuja represents Railways in domestic cricket. She was bought for INR 50 lakh ahead of the inaugural season of the Women's Premier League (WPL) by the Gujarat Giants. The left-arm spinner has bagged 15 wickets in the 16 games she has played for the Giants in two seasons.
India lost Smriti Mandhana early after being asked to bat first
UAE captain Esha Rohit Oza won the toss and invited the Women in Blue to bat first. At the time of writing, Indian women were 46/1 after four overs. Smriti Mandhana was caught at mid-off after scoring 13 runs off nine balls.
Shafali Verma has looked good; she was batting on 27 of 12 balls, having already smashed three boundaries and a maximum. Dayalan Hemalatha came in at number 3 after Kavisha Egodage provided an early breakthrough for UEA.
Playing XI of both teams:
India Women: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Dayalan Hemalatha, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh(w), Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha Yadav, Renuka Thakur Singh, and Tanuja Kanwar.
United Arab Emirates Women: Esha Rohit Oza(c), Theertha Satish(w), Rinitha Rajith, Samaira Dharnidharka, Kavisha Egodage, Khushi Sharma, Heena Hotchandani, Vaishnave Mahesh, Rithika Rajith, Lavanya Keny, and Indhuja Nandakumar.