Women’s World Cup: Team India’s star bowler Shreyanka Patil out of the tournament, entry of this RCB spinner

Shreyanka Patil Replacement Prema Rawat: The Indian women’s cricket team has suffered a major setback during the Women’s T20 World Cup. Indian team’s star spin bowler Shreyanka Patil is out of the tournament. She was ruled out of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 due to an ankle injury. It took place during the match played against Netherlands on Wednesday.

Shreyanka had to be taken out of the field with the help of a stretcher after getting injured. He badly twisted his ankle while bowling the last over of the powerplay against the Netherlands, after which he had to leave the ground immediately. After this injury, Shreyanka could not return to bowling in the match.

Prema got entry in place of Shreyanka

‘Cricbuzz’ According to the report, after Shreyanka’s exit from the Women’s World Cup, 24-year-old leg spinner Prema Rawat has been included in the Indian team in her place. Before this, Prema has played six matches in the last two seasons for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the Women’s Premier League. During this period he has taken 3 wickets.

In domestic cricket, Prema Rawat had made an important contribution with the ball in Uttarakhand winning the senior championship. The performance of the Indian team has been excellent so far in the T20 World Cup. In the first match, the Indian team defeated Pakistan by 64 runs. Whereas, in the second match, the team defeated Netherlands by 95 runs.

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The Indian team batted first against Netherlands. The team had scored 209 runs on the scoreboard after losing 5 wickets in 20 overs. Smriti Mandhana batted brilliantly for the Indian team and played a strong inning of 74 runs in 47 balls.

Whereas Shefali Verma had contributed 55 runs in 38 balls. In bowling, for India, Shri Charani took 4 wickets for 19 runs, while Shefali Verma took 3 wickets. The Indian team will face South Africa in its next match of the tournament on Sunday.

(with agency input)