Shreyanka Patil (Pic credit: ICC) NEW DELHI: India have suffered a major setback in their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 campaign after off-spinner Shreyanka Patil was ruled out of the remainder of the tournament because of an ankle injury, forcing the team management to bring in uncapped leg-spinner Prema Rawat as her replacement.Patil sustained…
India made it two wins from two at the 2026 T20 World Cup with a comfortable 95-run victory over the Netherlands at Headingley on Wednesday. But the win was overshadowed a bit by an injury to off-spinner Shreyanka Patil, who twisted her right ankle after delivering the first ball of her spell in the sixth…
In a huge blow to the India’s Women’s T20 World Cup campaign, Shreyanka Patil sustained a serious injury to her right ankle during India’s bowling innings against Netherlands at Headingley, Leeds on Wednesday. Coming on to bowl in the sixth over, Shreyanka slipped in the field while trying to collect the ball from mid-on. She…
Shreyanka Patil (in the middle) after India’s win over Pakistan (Photo by @BCCIWomen on X) NEW DELHI: India got their Women’s T20 World Cup campaign off to a dream start with a commanding 64-run victory over Pakistan in Birmingham. After posting 170/6, the Women in Blue bowled out their rivals for 106, thanks largely to…
Smriti Mandhana joined Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur as India’s joint-highest half-century scorer in Women’s T20 World Cup history with her fifth fifty in the tournament, helping India post 170 for 6 against Pakistan in their opening match at Edgbaston on Sunday.Mandhana scored 68 off 44 balls and shared a 91-run partnership with captain Harmanpreet…
The Netherlands women’s cricket team is set to make its long-awaited debut at the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, beginning its campaign against Bangladesh, a side it has encountered both in the global qualifiers and a tri-series involving Scotland in the lead-up to the tournament. Speaking ahead of the opener, captain Babette de Leede described…
Sport’s charm lies in unpredictability. That is a universal truth. Even for the Australian women’s cricket team. It wasn’t quite so, until a couple of years ago. For a long time in women’s cricket, ahead of an ICC World Cup the big question would be who Australia would play in the final. If not who…
England wound down its preparations for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 with a thrilling five-run win over India in their final warm-up game in Cardiff on Wednesday. It was a game that went right down the wire with Richa Ghosh infusing life late in the Indian chase but in vain. Half-centuries from Amy…
Harmanpreet Kaur (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Women’s T20 World Cup in England and Wales, India captain Harmanpreet Kaur has received a timely boost, returning to the top 10 of the ICC Women’s T20I batting rankings following her match-winning performance against England.The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday released the latest women’s rankings,…
Under the baking Dubai sun two years ago, the captains of all 10 participating nations in the Women’s T20 World Cup came together for an iconic photograph at the centre of the Dubai International Stadium. There were peregrine falcons, camels, and ambitions that could potentially fill every seat in that venue. Contracts, equal pay, franchise…
