Yastika Bhatia and Shreyanka Patil included in India's T20 World Cup 2024 squad.

Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 : Shreyanka Patil and Yastika Bhatia have been included in the World Cup squad

Shreyanka Patil (right) had sustained a fracture to her left hand during the Asia Cup opener against Pakistan. © Getty

Wicketkeeper-batter Yastika Bhatia and spin-bowling allrounder Shreyanka Patil have been included in India’s T20 World Cup squad, as announced by the BCCI on Tuesday (August 27).

However, their inclusion in the 15-member squad is contingent on their fitness.

Patil had suffered a fracture to a finger on her left hand during India’s Asia Cup 2024 opener against Pakistan in July.

Despite the injury, she managed to bowl 3.2 overs and concluded the innings with figures of 2 for 14.

Bhatia has been undergoing rehabilitation for a knee injury at the NCA in Bengaluru.

She also suffered a hamstring injury during India’s tour of Bangladesh in April, which limited her to just one match where she scored 36 as an opener.

The rest of the squad largely mirrors the team that played in the Women’s Asia Cup final, with selectors retaining the core group.

Left-arm spinner Tanuja Kanwar, who replaced Patil in the Asia Cup side, and backup wicketkeeper Uma Chetry are the players making way but have been named as traveling reserves, along with Saima Thakor.

Raghvi Bist and Priya Mishra, currently on a multi-format tour of Australia with the India A side, have been named as non-traveling reserves.

India will begin their T20 World Cup campaign against New Zealand on October 4 in Dubai.

India squad: 

Player Name
Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain)
Smriti Mandhana (Vice – Captain)
Shafali Verma
Deepti Sharma
Jemimah Rodrigues
Richa Ghosh (WK)
Yastika Bhatia (WK)
Pooja Vastrakar
Arundhati Reddy
Renuka Singh Thakur
Dayalan Hemalatha
Asha Sobhana
Radha Yadav
Shreyanka Patil
Sajana Sajeevan

Travelling Reserves:

Player Name
Uma Chetry (WK)
Tanuja Kanwar
Saima Thakor

Non-Travelling Reserves: 

Player Name
Raghvi Bist
Priya Mishra

*Subject to fitness clearance

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