India have known as up batter Shafali Verma instead of the injured Pratika Rawal for his or her Girls’s World Cup semi-final towards Australia.
Rawal sustained an ankle injury whereas fielding throughout India’s closing group sport towards Bangladesh on Sunday.
The 25-year-old opener tried to cease a boundary on the slippery outfield on the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai and was later unable to bat within the match.
Rawal is the match’s second-highest run-scorer with 308 in six innings at 51.33, behind solely fellow India opening batter Smriti Mandhana.
India’s request to exchange Rawal of their squad with Verma was permitted by the Worldwide Cricket Council’s occasion technical committee for the match.
Verma has not performed a one-day worldwide for India since October 2024 however has performed 50-over cricket for India A in current months.
The 21-year-old was disregarded of India’s authentic squad for the World Cup however will now come into rivalry for a spot towards Australia within the semi-final showdown on 30 October.
Amanjot Kaur opened towards Bangladesh after Rawal limped out whereas Uma Chetry and Jemimah Rodrigues are different potential companions for Mandhana on the prime of the order.
