Women's World Cup: Shafali Verma replaces injured Pratika Rawal before semifinal

The ICC has approved India's request to add Shafali Verma to the squad as the replacement for Pratika Rawal on Monday, October 27. Pratika was ruled out of the tournament after suffering an ankle and knbee injury during the Bangladesh game while she was fielding. Shafali last played an ODI game for India in October 2024.

Pratika, who had scored a fine hundred during the New Zealand game, was fielding at the boundary and was attempting to stop the ball when her feet landed awkwardly and had to be carried off the field. The opener didn't come out to bat as India sent in Amanjot Kaur to open the innings with Smriti Mandhana during the washed out Bangladesh game.

Reports emerged on Monday saying that Pratika was out of the tournament due to the



injury.

"The Event Technical Committee of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 has approved Shafali Verma as a replacement for Pratika Rawal in the India squad. Verma was named as a replacement after Rawal was ruled out after sustaining an injury to her right ankle while fielding in the league match against Bangladesh on Sunday The replacement of a player requires the approval of the Event Technical Committee before the replacement player can be officially added to the squad."

"The Event Technical committee of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 consists of Wasim Khan (Chair, ICC General Manager - Cricket), Gaurav Saxena (ICC General Manager – Events & Corporate Communications), Abey Kuruvilla (BCCI Tournament Director), Mel Jones (Independent nominee)," read the statement from ICC.