How These Bowlers Can Change the Game in IND-W vs BAN-W, 28th Match | ICC Women’s World Cup 2025

Cricket, especially in the Women’s World Cup, often celebrates explosive batting, but the game is so often played in shadows by the bowlers who will grind, probe, and milk the slightest weakness. Take India’s Kranti Gaud: 22 wickets in only 13 WODIs at an economy of 5.57 with a best of 6/52. Or Renuka Singh, whose 40 wickets at an astonishingly cheap 4.88 runs per over have often turned games before the batter has blinked. On the other hand, there’s Rabeya Khan, of Bangladesh, whose numbers may not inspire dominance in 20 innings, runs 146 at 9.12—but who, in her roles as a supporting bowler and lower-order disrupter, can shift momentum in subtle but important ways.

Renuka Singh: Precision Over Panic

The numbers for Renuka Singh reflect an absolute mastery of control. She has a strike rate of 29.7 and four four-wicket hauls out of twenty-four, which indicates she finds her success through precision as opposed to relying on luck. The fact that she can get the ball to consistently go under five runs per over creates increasing amounts of pressure on batters, particularly during the middle overs. Given Bangladesh’s limited batting depth, Renuka’s discipline with her line of attack may be able to capitalize on any hesitation from batters, forcing them into taking riskier shots and creating opportunities for error.

Kranti Gaud: The Game-Swinging Breakthrough

Kranti Gaud is the one who will deliver the finishing blow for Renuka. She has the potential to take down a batting order by herself with a 6/52 best bowling figure in Women’s One-Day Internationals (WODIs). Gaud is also very good at identifying a weakness in a batter’s technique and then taking full advantage of it, and that becomes even more apparent in the final ten overs of a match when a single wicket is more important than an over of runs. In a match against Bangladesh that is prone to collapse under pressure, Kranti Gaud could change the way the story of the match develops in a matter of a few overs and turn what was once a competitive match into a lopsided affair.

Rabeya Khan: Subtle Threat from the Rear

While Bangladesh’s Rabeya Khan has no eye-catching numbers to compare with big hitters in international cricket, this does not lessen the importance of her game-changing tactics. With a strike rate of 64.03 in WODI, Rabeya can rotate strike (keep the bowling pressure on the opposition) as well as keep the opposition frustrated when she bats lower down the order. As a bowler, Rabeya provides a great deal of variation and depth for her side as she often comes into play at the most critical moments of a match, in which to either continues putting pressure on the opposition or breaks key opposition partnerships. Rabeya’s role is very similar to that of Deepti Sharma, who in India’s 2018 ODI campaign provided support for her team in tight games.

The 28th match of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 is not likely to be just about batting flair. With Renuka Singh using her control over tempo, Kranti Gaud producing significant breakthroughs, and Rabeya Khan bringing tactical element unpredictability, bowling will dominate the discourse. For India, pressuring with early wickets can pave the way for an easy win; for Bangladesh, intelligent use of their underdog bowlers somehow levels the field. The real art in contemporary ODIs is not hitting boundaries at will; it is creating mistakes from the batters, and these bowlers have it down to an art.

Key Takeaway

The team that masters pressure and breakthrough bowling often dictates the World Cup story.

FAQs

1: What makes Renuka Singh so effective against Bangladesh?

Her precision, economy, and ability to build pressure consistently force risky shots from lower-order batters.

2: How can Kranti Gaud change the course of the match?

By providing early or mid-innings breakthroughs, Gaud can dismantle partnerships and shift momentum swiftly.

3: Why is Rabeya Khan considered a tactical asset?

She adds depth and unpredictability, both with the ball and as a lower-order batter, often altering the game subtly yet decisively.

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