WPL: RCB’s Renuka Singh reveals her parents ‘mad’ obsession with cricket

Renuka’s
career
is
set
to
take
another
glaring
turn
as
she
is
now
part
of
the
very
famous
Royal
Challengers
Bangalore
(RCB)
francise
in
the
inaugural
season
of
the
Women’s
Premier
League
(WPL)
which
is
slated
to
kick
off
from
March
4.
In
the
historic
WPL
auction
on
Monday,
she
was
picked
by
RCB
for
a
whopping
amount
of
Rs
1.50
crore.

The
telented
player
has
now
opened
up
on
her
parents
obsession
with
cricket.
In
a
conversation
on
JioCinema’s
new
daily
show
‘#AAKASHVANI,’
hosted
by
Aakash
Chopra.
Renuka
Singh
revealed
how
her
mother
cries
whenever
India
lose
a
match.

“If
my
mood
remains
sad,
then
my
mother’s
mood
also
remains
sad.
For
me,
at
least,
I’ve
got
to
win
the
matches
for
my
mom
because
after
we
lose,
she
begins
to
cry.
So,
before
every
match,
I
always
tell
Smriti
that
please
we
have
to
win
the
match
at
any
cost,
as
I
have
to
win
the
match
for
my
mom.
My
mom
just
wants
the
team
to
win
the
matches;
she
doesn’t
care
whether
her
daughter
is
playing
or
not;
she
just
wants
us
to
win
the
match,
and
that’s
it.
Recently,
I
brought
her
to
watch
the
match
against
Australia,
and
we
lost
the
first
match,
so
she
started
saying,
You
have
lost!
and
started
crying.
I
was
like,
If
you
do
like
this,
please
go
home.
After
that,
she
again
started
to
lecture
me,
and
I
just
told
her
to
go
to
sleep.
Then,
for
the
next
match,
Harry
(Harmanpreet
Kaur)
said
we
had
to
win
the
next
match,
and
I
was
like,
Please
or
else
my
mom
will
again
start
crying.
I
have
so
much
pressure
that
I
have
to
win
the
match
for
my
mom,”
Renuka,
who
is
currently
in
South
Africa
for
the
Women’s
T20
World
Cup,
said.

Renuka
further
elaborated
how
her
brother
was
named
‘Vinod’
after
former
cricketer
Vinod
Kambli
by
her
father
who
loved
cricket
and
dreamt
of
his
children
becoming
cricketers.

Renuka’s
father
was
a
cricket
buff,
named
son
after
Vindo
Kambli

“When
I
grew
up,
I
started
asking
my
mom
about
my
father,
and
other
people
also
used
to
tell
the
story,
so
my
mom
used
to
tell
me
that
he
was
a
huge
fan
of
cricket
and
also
had
a
dream
that
one
of
his
children
should
represent
India
at
any
cost.
Also,
whenever
there
was
a
match,
he
used
to
switch
off
his
phone
and
watch
the
match
with
his
friends,
and
he
did
not
get
up
from
that
one
position
for
the
whole
match.
He
didn’t
always
come
home
on
time.
Maybe
that’s
why
he
named
my
brother
Vinod
after
the
former
cricketer
Vinod
Kambli.”

In
India’s
opening
match
at
the
Women’s
T20
World
Cup
against
Pakistan,
Renuka
bowled
three
overs
for
24
runs
without
taking
a
wicket.
In
the
second
match
against
West
Indies
on
Wednesday,
she
gave
away
just
nine
runs
from
her
first
two
overs
to
put
a
lot
of
pressure
on
the
West
Indies
top-order
batters.