Prema Rawat replacement for Shreyanka Patil: Indian women's cricket team's star off-spinner all-rounder Shreyanka Patil has been ruled out of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 due to a serious ankle ligament injury. Shreyanka Patil suffered this injury in the match played against Netherlands. Due to which BCCI has had to announce his replacement. In place of Shreyanka Patil, a player has entered Team India, who has not played a single international match yet.
Team India has included uncapped leg-spinner Prema Rawat in the team in place of Shreyanka Patil. This is the first time that Prema Rawat has been selected in the Indian team. The Event Technical Committee of the International Cricket Council has approved the name of Prema Rawat as the replacement of Shreyanka Patil. Prema Rawat has shown excellent performance in the Women's Premier League (WPL) and Women's Asia Cup Rising Stars tournament. While playing for India-A, he took 8 wickets at an excellent average of 9.62. She plays for RCB team in WPL.
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Prema Rawat is already present in England in connection with the India A tour. In such a situation, as soon as she gets the approval from ICC, she is immediately joining the senior World Cup team. According to ICC rules, official permission from the Event Technical Committee is required before any player can be included in the team's squad in the middle of the tournament. This committee includes Wasim Khan (Chairman), Gaurav Saxena, Beth Barrett-Wild and Stacey Fleming.
Shreyanka Patil suffered a serious injury to her right ankle while fielding while bowling her first over in the match against Netherlands. This painful incident happened on the first ball of the sixth over during the Netherlands innings. After throwing the ball, Shreyanka herself ran fast to collect the ball which was going towards mid-on. During this time, her foot landed strangely on the field and she slipped badly. Due to sudden loss of balance, his ankle got badly twisted, after which he was taken out of the field on a stretcher. Now his exit like this in the middle of the tournament is a big blow for captain Harmanpreet Kaur and the team management.
