Medium pacer Renuka Singh ran through Barbados’ top order with a 4-wicket haul as India defeat their lowly opponents by 100 runs to qualify for the semifinals of the women’s T20 cricket at the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday. Invited to bat, India scored a competitive 162 for 4 on the back of a good unbeaten half-century from Jemimah Rodrigues (56 not out off 46 balls) and a 26-ball 43 from opener Shafali Verma. The Indians then, at that point restricted Barbados to 62 for 8 in 20 overs with Renuka bamboozling the Barbados batters with an amazing spell.
Skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, Sneh Rana, Meghna Singh and Radha Yadav contributed with a wicket apiece.
Kyshona Knight was the top-scorer for Barbados with 16 while Shakera Selman made 12. Seven of their batters failed to get at double-digit figures.
Barbados were dismissed for 64 in their nine-wicket defeat vs Australia in an earlier match.
With the victory, India finished 2nd behind Australia (6 points from 3 matches) in Group A with 4 points from two victories. They had defeated Pakistan and lost to Australia in their earlier matches.
Brief Scores: India: 162 for 4 in 20 overs (Jemimah Rodrigues 56 not out, Shafali Verma.43; Shanika Bruce 1/17) Barbados: 62 for 8 in 20 overs (Kyshona Knight 16; Renuka Singh 4/10).
