The Indian women’s cricket team, which is riding on the chariot of consecutive victories in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, has suffered a huge blow. The team’s star player and key bowler Shreyanka Patil is completely out of the current tournament due to a serious ankle ligament injury. In view of this emergency situation, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has taken immediate action and has officially announced the inclusion of 24-year-old young sensation Prema Rawat in the Indian team as Shreyanka’s replacement. The Indian team has to play its next big match against South Africa, just before which this big change has come.
Shreyanka Patil was seriously injured in the match against Netherlands, she was taken out of the field on a stretcher.
This unfortunate incident happened during India’s last match against Netherlands. While fielding or bowling in the match, Shreyanka Patil twisted her ankle badly, causing serious injury to her ligament. Shreyanka’s condition, writhing in pain, was so critical that she had to be immediately put on a stretcher and taken out of the field. After a thorough examination by the medical team, it has now become clear that she will not be able to play further in this entire World Cup. Shreyanka’s exit is being considered a big loss for Team India captained by Harmanpreet Kaur, as she was forcing the opposition batsmen to kneel with her wrist spin.
RCB star Prema Rawat got national call-up for the first time, has shown strength in WPL
This moment is very emotional and historic for 24-year-old Prema Rawat, who was included in the team in place of Shreyanka Patil, because she has got a chance to wear the jersey of the senior national team for the first time. Prema Rawat plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captained by Smriti Mandhana in the Women’s Premier League (WPL), where she impressed everyone with her accurate bowling. He has 3 wickets in his name in 6 matches of WPL. Let us tell you that Prema was already a part of the India A team, which is on a tour of England for the white ball series starting from June 20. Being already present in England, she will be able to integrate with the main team in Manchester very easily and immediately.
Big match with South Africa in Old Trafford, Manchester, Team India will try to score a hat-trick of victory.
Despite this big injury blow, the morale of the Indian women’s team is high. Under the leadership of captain Harmanpreet Kaur, India started their T20 World Cup campaign by defeating arch-rivals Pakistan. After this the team also defeated Netherlands in a one-sided match. The next target of the Indian team, which has registered two spectacular wins in a row, will be to score a hat-trick of wins against South Africa. This exciting battle between the two giants will be played on June 21 at the historic Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester.
On the other hand, the South African team has defeated Pakistan, but they had to face a crushing defeat against Australia. South Africa, one of the strongest teams in world cricket, will take the field with the intention of giving a tough competition to India in this do-or-die match. Now it remains to be seen whether captain Harmanpreet Kaur gives a chance to newcomer Prema Rawat to make her debut directly in the playing eleven of this important match or not.
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