Shreyanka Patil ruled out of Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 as BCCI names replacement

The India women’s national cricket team’s dominant start to the ongoing ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 has received a major setback as young all-rounder Shreyanka Patil has been ruled out of the tournament. An ankle ligament injury ended Shreyanka’s World Cup dream midway.

The injury has come as a huge disappointment for Shreyanka but turned out to be a special moment for another young leg-spinner, Prema Rawat, who is already in England. Amid the setback, Smriti Mandhana achieved new milestone in Women’s T20 World Cup.

Shreyanka Patil ruled out of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026

On Friday, June 19, the BCCI confirmed that Shreyanka Patil sustained an ankle injury while fielding during India’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 match against the Netherlands on June 17 and that ruled her out of the tournament.

Shreyanka had just started bowling when she ran towards a ball hit to the mid-on area. While trying to stop it, she twisted her ankle badly and immediately fell to the ground. She was in a lot of pain and could not stand properly.

The team physio quickly came onto the field to check on her. Later, a stretcher was brought in, and she was taken off the ground, and she was sent for scans, which confirmed the ligament injury.

Shreyanka Patil’s injury curse continues

It is another unlucky moment for Shreyanka in her career that has already seen several injury problems. A finger injury had already forced her to miss the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in 2024, and then she suffered shin injuries in both legs.

Later, the Indian all-rounder faced a wrist problem that kept her away from the game for almost a year. She worked hard and finally made her comeback in 2025.

Earlier this year, Shreyanka was also part of Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) successful WPL campaign, but now she has suffered another setback, and that too in the World Cup.

Prema Rawat gets dream India call-up for World Cup

Meanwhile, Prema Rawat has been added to the India squad as Shreyanka Patil’s replacement for the remainder of the ongoing ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026. The 24-year-old has earned her first call-up to the Indian team after her impressive performance for RCB in the WPL 2026 and India A.

Rawat was one of the standout performers in the Women’s Asia Cup Rising Stars, where she picked up eight wickets and helped India A win the tournament. With seven wickets, she was also the joint-leading wicket-taker on India A’s tour of Australia last year, claiming seven wickets in three matches.

The leg-spinner was already in England with the India A squad when she received the call from the national selectors. Following Rawat’s promotion, Niki Prasad has been added to the T20 squad, while Minnu Mani has been named in the One-Day squad for India A’s white-ball matches in England A.

The BCCI Announcement

The BCCI said in an official media release, “Shreyanka Patil sustained 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. Accordingly, the Women’s Selection Committee has named leg spinner Prema Rawat in India’s squad for the remainder of the World Cup.”

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Prema Rawat replaces the injured Shreyanka Patil in #TeamIndia‘s squad at ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026.

Following Prema’s inclusion in the squad, Niki Prasad has been added to the India A T20 squad and Minnu Mani has been added to the India A One-Day squad.

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India’s updated squad for the ongoing ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026:

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.

India has started the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 strongly with dominant wins over Pakistan and the Netherlands. The team will now hope to continue that momentum against South Africa in Manchester on Sunday, June 21.