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Pratika Rawal Injury Update: India Batter Returns After Ankle Injury, Added To Squad For Australia ODIs

Sagar Paul

Last updated: February 17, 2026

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The latest Pratika Rawal injury update brings great relief for the team as she has completed her rehabilitation, recovered from her ankle injury, and has been added to the squad for the Australia ODI series.

Pratika Rawal Injury Update: India Batter added to squad for Australia ODIs

Pratika Rawal has completed her rehabilitation at the Board of Control for Cricket in India Centre of Excellence and has fully recovered from the ankle injury she suffered in October during the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 match against Bangladesh.

She missed the semi final and final due to the injury, and Shafali Verma replaced her in the squad. Since then, Pratika has not played any competitive cricket. She played a key role for India in the league stage, but it was unfortunate that she had to miss the knockout matches due to her injury.

She was also picked by UP Warriorz for the 2026 WPL, but having not yet played a Women’s T20I, her recovery prevented her from featuring in the tournament.

India updated squad for Australia ODIs

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, and Pratika Rawal.

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Pratika Rawal WODI Journey so far

Pratika Rawal made her WODI debut on December 22, 2024, against West Indies. Since then, she has scored 1,110 runs in 23 innings at an average of 50.45, including two centuries and five half-centuries.

She was brilliant with the bat in the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025, scoring 308 runs in seven innings at an average of 51.33, including one century and one half-century.

She is also part of India’s Test squad for the one-off match against Australia on March 6 in Perth.

India schedule for Australia tour

India won the 1st T20I of the tour by 21 runs (DLS method). Here’s a look at the remaining schedule of the tour.

Thu, February 19, 2026

1:45 PM: 2nd T20I (Manuka Oval, Canberra)

Sat, February 21, 2026

1:45 PM: 3rd T20I (Adelaide Oval, Adelaide)

Tue, February 24, 2026

9:20 AM: 1st ODI (The Gabba, Brisbane)

Fri, February 27, 2026

9:20 AM: 2nd ODI (Bellerive Oval, Hobart)

Sun, March 1, 2026

9:20 AM: 3rd ODI (Bellerive Oval, Hobart)

Fri, March 6, 2026

10:50 AM: Only Test (Perth Stadium, Perth)

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