Yastika Bhatia Misses Out on Australia ODIs and World Cup Lineup

Yastika Bhatia, the Indian wicketkeeper-batter, has been ruled out of the forthcoming three-match ODI series against Australia and the 2025 50-over World Cup, as announced by the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Thursday.

Yastika sustained a left knee injury during India’s preparatory camp in Visakhapatnam and is under the supervision of BCCI’s medical team.

Uma Chetry has been named as her replacement in both the squads. As a result, she will no longer participate in the India A squad, which is set to engage in a World Cup warm-up match.

India’s updated ODI squad against Australia: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundhati Reddy, Richa Ghosh (wk), Kranti Gaud, Sayali Satghare, Radha Yadav, Sree Charani, Sneh Rana, Uma Chetry (wk)

Standby players for ODI series against Australia: Tejal Hasabnis, Prema Rawat, Priya Mishra

India’s updated squad for ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Pratika Rawal, 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)

Standby players for ICC Women’s World Cup: Tejal Hasabnis, Prema Rawat, Priya Mishra, Minnu Mani, Sayali Satghare

India A’s updated squad: Minnu Mani (c), Dhara Gujjar, Shafali Verma, Tejal Hasabnis, Vrinda Dinesh, Nandini Kashyap (wk), Tanushree Sarkar, Tanuja Kanwer, Titas Sadhu, Sayali Satghare, Saima Thakor, Prema Rawat, Priya Mishra, Raghvi Bist