Women's Asia Cup: The Indian women's team is currently playing in the T20 Asia Cup being hosted by Sri Lanka. Under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur, Team India made a great start in its first match of the tournament and won the match against Pakistan by 7 wickets. Now the Indian team has suffered a major setback in the form of off-spinner Shreyanka Patil, who has been ruled out of the entire tournament due to a finger fracture. Team India has to play its second match in the Women's T20 Asia Cup against the UAE team on 21 July.
Shreyanka Patil was injured in the match against Pakistan
Shreyanka Patil was injured while catching a ball in the match against Pakistan. Shreyanka has a fracture in the smallest finger of her left hand, however, despite this, she continued to bowl in this match, in which she took 2 wickets giving only 14 runs in 3.2 overs. On the basis of this bowling performance of Shreyanka, the Indian team had restricted Pakistan to a score of 108. According to the information given by the Asian Cricket Council, the name of the replacement player in place of Shreyanka has also been announced. Shreyanka has been injured for the second time this year, in which she suffered a slight fracture in her left hand during the second season of the Women's Premier League. After this, she could not play some matches of the RCB team. However, later she made a comeback and played an important role in helping her team win the title.
Tanuja Kanwar became part of Team India in place of Shreyanka Patil
In place of Shreyanka Patil, who was ruled out of the entire Women's T20 Asia tournament, 26-year-old left-arm spin bowler Tanuja Kanwar has been included in Team India for the remaining matches of the tournament. Tanuja is a part of the Gujarat Giants team in the Women's Premier League and she took the highest 10 wickets for her team in the second season. Apart from this, she is also a part of the team for the upcoming Australia tour of the India A women's team.