Indian wicketkeeper-batter Yastika Bhatia has been ruled out from the remainder of the Women’s Big Bash League 2024-25 as the struggling Melbourne Stars Women lost a key player from the squad. 

The 24-year-old wicketkeeper batter Yastika Bhatia sustained a small fracture on her wrist during the latest Melbourne Derby on November 15, where Melbourne Renegades won by nine runs. Stars’ wicketkeeper-batter Bhatia scored 11 runs in that game. 

Interestingly, Bhatia played the next game two days later against Brisbane Heat, where she scored eight runs and Heat won by six wickets. However, last Wednesday (November 20), Bhatia missed out on the match against Sydney Thunders, where Thunders won by four wickets. 

The 2020-21 runners-up Melbourne Stars are struggling this WBBL season as they are in the last place in the points table with four points. Although they started the season with two wins out of their first three outings, they lost the last five games. They are out of contention for the knockout stages while they still have to play two matches in the league stage. 

Bhatia is the second-most run-scorer for Melbourne Stars this season. Starting this season with 36 and 57 runs knocks, the left-handed batter scored 154 runs in six innings with an average of 25.66.