Bowler Shreyanka Patil suffered an ankle injury while fielding during India’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup match against the Netherlands on June 17, 2026, and has been ruled out of the tournament.
The Event Technical Committee of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup has approved her replacement. The Women’s Selection Committee has named leg spinner Prema Rawat to join India’s squad for the rest of the World Cup.
Prema has previously played for India A Women, taking eight wickets in five matches during India’s successful campaign in the Women’s Asia Cup Rising Stars tournament. She was also the joint-leading wicket-taker during India A’s tour of Australia last year, with seven wickets in three matches.
India’s updated squad for the ongoing World Cup:
Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Bharti Fulmali, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (WK), Sree Charani, Yastika Bhatia (WK), Nandni Sharma, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Thakur, Kranti Gaud, Radha Yadav, Prema Rawat.
With Prema’s addition, the Women’s Selection Committee has also updated the India A squads for the upcoming series against England A:
Niki Prasad has been added to the India A T20 squad.
Minnu Mani has been named in the India A One-Day squad.
Updated India A squad for T20s against England A:
Anushka Sharma (C), Vrinda Dinesh (VC), G Kamalini (WK), Uma Chetry, Vaishnavi Sharma, Purvaja Verlekar, Jintimani Kalita, Saima Thakor, Simran Bahadur, Shweta Sehrawat, Deeya Yadav, Minnu Mani, Shabnam Shakil, Tanuja Kanwer, Niki Prasad.
Updated India A squad for One-Days against England A:
Harleen Deol (C), Pratika Rawal (VC), Priya Punia, Tanisha Singh, G Kamalini (WK), Uma Chetry (WK), Tejal Hasabnis, Niki Prasad, Tanuja Kanwer, Vaishnavi Sharma, Shabnam Shakil, Sayali Satghare, Jintimani Kalita, Saima Thakor, Minnu Mani.
(Inputs: BCCI)