Recovered Pratika Rawal returns to India’s ODI squad for Australia tour

Batter Pratika Rawal has recovered from an ankle injury and has been added to India’s women’s cricket squad for a three-match ODI series against Australia, starting February 24 in Brisbane.Rawal got injured last year during the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup while fielding against Bangladesh and was replaced by Shafali Verma. India went on to win the tournament for the first time.

"The Women’s Selection Committee has added Pratika Rawal to India's squad for the three-match ODI series against Australia women, which is part of the ongoing multi-format tour of Australia," read a statement from the BCCI."Pratika has completed her rehabilitation at the BCCI Centre of Excellence and has fully recovered from her ankle injury sustained in October during the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025," it added.

The three ODIs will be played in Brisbane on February 24 and in Hobart on February 27 and March 1. Rawal is also part of India’s Test squad for the one-off match against Australia on March 6 in Perth.India's updated squad:Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Renuka Thakur, Sree Charani, Vaishnavi Sharma, Kranti Gaud, Sneh Rana, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (WK), Uma Chetry (WK), Kashvee Gautam, Amanjot Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Pratika Rawal.