Yastika Bhatia's replacement announced for Australia tour

While Yastika Bhatia has been ruled out from the Australia tour, the All India Women’s Selection Committee has named the replacement. 

India Women are set for the Australia tour, where they will play a three-match WODI series against the hosts Australia Women. This series will be part of the 2022-2025 ICC Women’s Championship. 

Allan Border Field in Brisbane will host the first two WODIs of the series between Australia Women and India Women on December 5 and 8, respectively. Meanwhile, Western Australia Cricket Association (WACA) Ground in Perth will host the last game of the WODI series on December 11.

Yastika Bhatia was injured in the WBBL

The 24-year-old wicketkeeper-batter Yastika Bhatia recently sustained a small fracture on her wrist during the latest Melbourne derby match at the Women’s Big Bash League 2024-25. Although her team Melbourne Stars Women struggled in the entire tournament, Bhatia scored the second most runs for the team at that time (154 runs) before getting ruled out for the remainder of the tournament. 

Now, Bhatia will miss the upcoming WODI series against the hosts Australia Women. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has further stated that Bhatia's recovery process is being closely monitored.

Uma Chetry earns the call-up

While the wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh is also present in the WODI squad for the Australia tour, the 22-year-old Uma Chetry has been added to the squad. The wicketkeeper-batter has represented the Indian team in four WT20I matches and is waiting for her WODI debut. 

After the completion of the Australia tour, India Women will host West Indies Women for the three-match WODI and three-match WT20I series and Ireland Women three-match WODI series. 

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India Women's full WODI squad for Australia tour

Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana, Priya Punia, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Richa Ghosh (wk), Tejal Hasabnis, Deepti Sharma, Minnu Mani, Priya Mishra, Radha Yadav, Titas Sadhu, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Saima Thakor, Uma Chetry (wk).