ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026: What is the major change in the Indian women’s cricket team? Team India’s fortunes changed in the middle of the tournament! Who is the new player? Did injury spoil Team India’s plans? But will this player win the World Cup?
Mumbai (Maharashtra): The Indian women’s cricket team has suffered a setback midway through the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026. Team’s spinner Shreyanka Patil is out of the tournament due to injury. Now leg spinner Prema Rawat has been included in the squad in his place. 23-year-old Shreyanka suffered an ankle injury while fielding in the match against Netherlands on Wednesday. After this he had to be out of the entire tournament.
Who is Prema Rawat who will play in the World Cup?
- According to BCCI, the Event Technical Committee of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup has approved this change. After this, the Women’s Selection Committee has selected Prema Rawat in the team for the remaining matches of the World Cup.
- Prema Rawat has been a part of India ‘A’ team. She played a key role in India’s victory in the Women’s Asia Cup Rising Stars tournament, where she took 8 wickets in 5 matches. Last year too, during the tour of Australia, she was the joint-leading wicket-taker for India ‘A’ by taking 7 wickets in 3 matches.
India’s updated squad for the World Cup
Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shefali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Bharti Fulmali, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Shree Charani, Yastika Bhatia (wk), Nandani Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Thakur, Kranti Gaur, Radha Yadav, Prema Rawat.
Will there be a change in the team against England?
After Prema joining the national team, the women’s selection committee has also made some changes in the India ‘A’ squad for the series against England ‘A’. Nikki Prasad has been included in the India ‘A’ T20 squad, while Minnu Mani has been included in the India ‘A’ ODI squad.