DTVHINDIWill Harmanpreet Kaur and Pooja Vastrakar play against Sri Lanka today? Smriti Mandhana gave update
Harmanpreet had to retire hurt due to neck pain while batting on 29 runs in the last match against Pakistan. Harmanpreet Kaur AND Pooja Vastrakar (Source X) India will face Sri Lanka in the Group A match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup on Wednesday, October 9 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Meanwhile, a good news has come due to which fans in India can heave a sigh of relief. Actually, captain Harmanpreet Kaur has been considered fit and she is fit for the match to be played on Wednesday. “Harmanpreet is fit and ready to play”: Vice-captain Smriti Mandhana While talking to the media, Smriti told “She (Harmanpreet Kaur) is fine and will be fine for the match also.” How did Harmanpreet Kaur get hurt? Harmanpreet had to retire hurt due to neck pain while batting on 29 runs against Pakistan. Due to this injury, his playing in the match against Sri Lanka was a question mark. However, India are also worried about the fitness of their star all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar, who could not play in the match against Pakistan due to injury. Mandhana told reports on this matter that Pooja is being monitored by the medical team and there is still no clarity about her availability for the match against Sri Lanka. Mandhana said, “Pooja, I think the medical team is still working on her. Therefore, the update will come during the match only. But yes, I don’t think I can say anything at this time.” The match between India and Sri Lanka is very important Indian women’s team had won against Pakistan by 6 wickets in the last match. Batting first, Pakistan scored 105 runs at the loss of 8 wickets. India chased the target in 18.5 overs. Team India is at fourth position in Group-A points table with 2 points and Sri Lanka is at fifth position. The upcoming match is important for both the teams.
Women T20 World Cup 2024: Know why Pooja Vastrakar was not included in Team India’s playing XI against Pakistan
In this match, Pakistan team captain Fatima Sana won the toss and decided to bat first. Pooja Vastrakar (Photo Source: Getty Images) Currently, the important match of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 is being played between Team India and Pakistan at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. In this match, Pakistan team captain Fatima Sana won the toss and decided to bat first. Pakistan has made one change in its playing XI. Saida Arub Shah has been included in the team in place of Diana Beg. On the other hand, Team India has made a major change in its playing XI. Star all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar is not participating in the match being played against Pakistan due to injury. Let us tell you that Pooja Vastrakar suffered this injury before the match played against New Zealand. He bowled only one over in that match. After this he fielded the entire match. S instead of Pooja Vastrakar. Sanjana has been included in the playing XI of Team India. Harmanpreet Kaur said during the toss, ‘We also wanted to bat first but now we will have to bowl and get Pakistan out as soon as possible. There has been a change in our team. Pooja is not playing in this match due to injury and Sanjana has taken her place. We will participate in this match with positive thinking. We would like to come out on the field and play positive cricket. It is very important for Team India to win the match against Pakistan. Let us tell you that Team India played its first match of this important tournament against New Zealand in which they had to face defeat. Even though Team India has not been able to win the match played against New Zealand, but they will have to give a strong performance against Pakistan which is currently being played and will also have to win the match. Talking about Pakistan, they defeated Sri Lanka in their first match of this important tournament. The team is in tremendous form at the moment and the Indian players would know this very well. Indian batsman who hit most sixes in T20 against Bangladesh- IPL 2025: Rajasthan Royals can retain these 6 players IPL 2025: Sunrisers Hyderabad can retain these 6 players Rishabh Pant turns 27, take a look at his special records in cricket- The bowler who took the most wickets for India in the Women’s T20 World Cup- The batsman who scored the most runs for India in the Women’s T20 World Cup- IPL 2025: Gujarat Titans can retain these 6 players IPL 2025: Kolkata Knight Riders can retain these 6 players Bowler who took fastest 300 test wickets for India- IPL 2025: Mumbai Indians can retain these 6 players
