Women's T20 World Cup 2023: Predicting 3 players who will take most wickets in India vs Ireland match
India Women will go head-to-head with Ireland Women in their final group-stage match of the Women's T20 World Cup 2023. The game will take place at St. George's Park today.
It is an important match for India Women as a win in today's game will help them qualify for the Women's T20 World Cup 2023 semifinals. India Women currently hold second position in the Group 2 points table with two wins from three matches.
Meanwhile, Ireland Women have been knocked out of the tournament with a hat-trick of losses in their first three matches. The Irish team has suffered defeats against England Women, Pakistan Women and West Indies Women so far in the mega event. The Laura Delany-led outfit will be keen to end their tournament on a winning note.
The pitch at St. George's Park equally assists the batters and the bowlers. Before the match gets underway, here are the three bowlers who could end up with the most wickets in this Women's T20 World Cup 2023 match.
#1 Deepti Sharma, India Women
Deepti Sharma has been one of the top wicket-takers for India Women in the last few T20I matches. Speaking of her performances in her last 10 T20I matches, the off-spin bowling all-rounder has scalped 17 wickets at an impressive strike rate of 12.7.
Sharma was a part of the Indian playing XI that played against Ireland Women back in 2018. In that match, she returned with figures of 2/15 in three overs. The all-rounder will look forward to replicating the same performance today at St. George's Park in the Women's T20 World Cup 2023.
#2 Renuka Singh Thakur, India Women
Renuka Singh Thakur bowled the best spell by an Indian in Women's T20 World Cup history in the last match against England Women. She dismissed five England Women batters, conceding only 15 runs in her four overs. That game was held at St. George's Park as well.
The batting unit of Ireland Women is not as strong as that of England Women. Given how Renuka Singh Thakur performed against England Women earlier in the tournament, it should not be a surprise if she runs through the Irish batting lineup in today's Women's T20 World Cup 2023 fixture as well.
#3 Arlene Kelly, Ireland Women
Medium-pace bowling all-rounder Arlene Kelly has been quite impressive for Ireland Women in the shortest format of the game. The New Zealand-born player has scalped 15 wickets in her 10 T20I matches for Ireland Women.
Kelly's economy rate is below six runs per over, while her strike rate has been 14.53 in those games. The medium pacer has scalped three wickets in three matches in the Women's T20 World Cup 2023 so far. She has never played against India Women, but looking at her recent record, she could trouble the Indian batters today.