India’s wicketkeeper-batter Yastika Bhatia was on Thursday ruled out of the upcoming Women’s World Cup as well as the Australia ODI series due to a knee injury. In her place, Uma Chetry was drafted in the team.
Bhatia had hurt her left knee during India’s preparatory camp in Visakhapatnam, the BCCI said. “The BCCI Medical Team is monitoring Yastika Bhatia’s progress and the team wishes Yastika Bhatia a speedy recovery,” the BCCI said in a media release.
“Chetry, who now is a part of the India squad for the Australia series and the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025, will no longer be a part of the India A squad, which is scheduled to take part in a warm-up match in the World Cup,” it added.
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Uma Chetry named as a replacement for Yastika Bhatia in #TeamIndia’s squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Australia and ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025.
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Chetry, hailing from Assam, has played 7 T20Is and scored 37 runs in 4 innings at a strike-rate of just 90+. Her top score in the shortest format is 24 runs.
India will host Australia in a three-match ODI series beginning September 14 in Mullanpur. The Women in Blue will then play two World Cup warm-ups in Bengaluru before facing co-hosts Sri Lanka in the tournament opener in Guwahati on September 30.
India will then take on Pakistan in Colombo on October 5, followed by back to back matches against South Africa and Australia on 9th and 12th October at Visakhapatnam. After that, they will play England at Indore on October 19 before ending their group stage commitments with matches against New Zealand and Bangladesh in Navi Mumbai on October 23 and 26 respectively.
The semifinals are scheduled for October 29 and 30, before the final takes place on November 2.
India’s updated squad for ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025
Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundhati Reddy, Richa Ghosh (WK), Kranti Gaud, Amanjot Kaur, Radha Yadav, Sree Charani, Sneh Rana, Uma Chetry
