Pooja Vastrakar has been ruled out of the ICC Women’s World T20.
India pacer Pooja Vastrakar has been ruled out of the ICC Women’s World T20 after suffering a knee injury during a warm-up match against the Windies before the tournament began on November 9. Devika Vaidya has been named as a replacement for injured Vastrakar. Vaidya is expected to join the squad before the semi-finals in Antigua on 22 November. Vaidya has played just one T20 International match for India.
The ICC event technical committee comprising Geoff Allardice, Chris Tetley, Mel Jones, Ebony Rainford-Brent, Jennifer Nero and Roland Holder permitted a replacement for her.
Earlier, An ankle injury had sidelined Vastrakar during the Women’s Challenger Trophy in August, following which she was left out of the squad for the Sri Lanka tour in September. India battle Australia in their fourth and final Group B encounter on Saturday.
India Squad:
India Women (From): Mithali Raj, Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur(c), Veda Krishnamurthy, Dayalan Hemalatha, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav, Taniya Bhatia(w), Mansi Joshi, Poonam Yadav, Anuja Patil, Ekta Bisht, Arundhati Reddy, Devika Vaidya