There is a good news for Team India. Powerful opener Pratika Raval is fit and has been included in the Indian women’s ODI team on the Australia tour. Currently, Team India is playing a three-match T20 series against Australia. After this, the three-match ODI series will start from February 24. Pratika was injured in October last year. ODI Women were eliminated from the ODI tournament midway through the World Cup. However, his many brilliant innings took India to the semi-finals. Pratika Raval was injured in the match against Bangladesh on 26 October. He suffered injuries to his right ankle and knee while playing against Bangladesh. That match could not be completed due to rain. Due to injury, she could not even play in the knockout matches of the tournament. Pratika has been selected for the only test match against Australia. She can be seen playing Test for the first time. The Board said in its statement that the Women’s Selection Committee has included Pratika Raval in the team for the three-match ODI series to be held as part of the ongoing Australia tour. “Pratika Raval has completed her rehabilitation at the BCCI Center of Excellence and has fully recovered from the ankle injury she sustained during the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 in October,” the BCCI said in a statement. Before her injury, the 24-year-old opening batsman was one of India’s best performers in the ODI World Cup and was the second-highest run-scorer for the team with 308 runs. Was a player, which includes one century and one half-century. Raval made his ODI debut in December 2024 and achieved immediate success. In 24 innings, he has scored 1110 runs at an average of 50.45 and strike rate of 82.83 and has made a big contribution at the top order. Due to his excellent performance, he got his first BCCI central contract earlier this month. The first ODI match between India and Australia will be played in Brisbane, while the remaining two matches will be played in Hobart. Currently, the T-20 series is going on between the two teams, in which the Indian women’s team is leading 1-0. The T20 series will end on February 21. At the same time, after the ODI series, the only Test match will be played between India and Australia in Perth from March 6. India’s updated team for the ODI series against Australia: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shefali Verma, Renuka Thakur, Sri Charani, Vaishnavi Sharma, Kranti Gaur, Sneh Rana, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wicket keeper), Uma Chhetri (wicket keeper) Keeper), Kashvi Gautam, Amanjot Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harleen Deol, Pratika Rawal.
This powerful opener returns to the Indian team for the ODI series, will return after four months after recovering from injury.
