Pratika Rawal: The date of 2 November became historic for Indian women’s cricket. Team India wrote a new history under the captaincy of Harmanpreet at DY Patil Stadium. By defeating South Africa in the final, the Indian team achieved the title of becoming world champion for the first time. After the victory, there was a lot of celebration in the middle of the field and in the entire country. All the players were honored with ICC medals.
However, among those players, one such unlucky player was present on the ground, who played an important role in making the team champion and also participated in the team’s celebration, but that player could not get the right to be called world champion. Due to ICC rules, despite performing brilliantly, this player’s dream could not come true.
Actually, this player is none other than Pratika Rawal. Pratika’s performance in the World Cup was excellent. In 7 matches, he scored 308 runs at an average of 51. Pratika stood fourth in the list of batsmen scoring most runs in the tournament. In the do or die match against New Zealand, Pratika stole the show with her batting and played a memorable inning of 122 runs. Due to Pratika’s excellent innings, Team India was successful in getting the ticket for the semi-finals.
However, due to injury, Pratika was out of the tournament even before the semi-final match and Shefali Verma was included in her place. Due to not being in the squad, Pratika could not get the right to be called world champion.
Pratika could not even get the medal given by ICC. According to the rules, medals are awarded only to those players who are in the main squad. Now due to injury, Pratika was out of the squad and Shefali Verma took her place.
The Indian team became world champion for the first time by defeating South Africa by 52 runs in the final match. In the final match, Shefali Verma and Deepti Sharma stole the show with their performance. Shefali played a strong inning of 87 runs and took two important wickets. At the same time, Deepti Sharma scored 58 runs with the bat and also took 5 wickets in bowling.
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