India suffer massive blow ahead of World Cup as key pacer suffers major injury setback
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Indian women faced a massive blow amid their preparatory warm-up games ahead of the ICC Women's ODI World Cup 2025. Indian pacer Arundhati Reddy was taken off the field in a wheelchair after she sustained a blow against England.
India is hosting the Women's ODI World Cup after a long time, as this is the fourth time that the BCCI is hosting a Women's ICC event. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, as co-hosts, is hosting the ICC event for the first time.
The ICC Women's ODI World Cup is scheduled to start on the 30th of September, with Australia entering the Indian subcontinent as the defending champions of the competition. They have won it 7 times in the history of the tournament.
India deals with a major setback ahead of CWC25 as a star pacer gets injured
The Indian women suffered a major setback just days before the start of the Women's World Cup 2025 campaign. During the warm-up match on Thursday against England Women at the BCCI Centre of Excellence, the star pacer got injured.
Arundhati Reddy got injured while bowling her 5th over of the game and had to leave the field limping. She was next carried off in a wheelchair by the physios. This incident occurred during the 13th over of the England innings.
Reddy, who had bowled 4.4 overs, slipped while bowling the fifth ball of the over, and the play was stopped since physios rushed in to check her. In her 4.4 overs, the pacer gave 34 runs and picked the wicket of English opener Amy Jones. Clarity on Reddy's participation in the World Cup is still awaited.
India already faced a major setback with a 2-1 defeat in the ODI series against Australia
Just before the start of the World Cup, the India Women played in a much-anticipated contest with the World Champion side, the Australian women. This was the last series for India to prepare for the ICC Women's World Cup in 2025.
The first match marked a stellar performance from the Australian Women; however, Smriti Mandhana, with a commanding hundred, led to India's comeback in the series. Mandhana was at her flawless best in the series; however, India lost the series by a 2-1 margin.
Injured bowler Renuka Singh also returned to feature for India after missing action for over 9 months. She played the final game of the series against Australia.
Harmanpreet Kaur eyes first ICC title as India Captain
Indian skipper Harmanpreet Kaur has been a revolutionary captain for India in limited-overs cricket. Despite several great cricketers on the Indian women's side, Kaur led India's success on foreign soil. India won the series against England on English soil back in the month of July.
India has never won an ICC title, while their best results have been runners-up in both the ODI and the T20I World Cups. This time, they have a great chance since the tournament is being hosted by India itself.
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