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Pratika Rawal ruled out due to injury. Photo: BCCI Women/X

Women's World Cup: Shafali Verma named as a replacement for Pratika Rawal

| @indiablooms | Oct 28, 2025, at 02:06 pm

Team India all-rounder Pratika Rawal has been ruled out of the remainder of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 due to an ankle injury and knee injury sustained while fielding in India’s final league stage match of the tournament against Bangladesh, in Navi Mumbai.

The BCCI Medical team will continue to monitor her progress. The team wishes Pratika Rawal a speedy recovery.

The Women’s selection committee has named Shafali Verma as the replacement of Pratika Rawal.

India’s updated squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), 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 (WK), Shafali Verma

Standby players: Tejal Hasabnis, Prema Rawat, Priya Mishra, Minnu Mani, Sayali Satghare.

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