Indian women suffered a massive shock amidst their early warm-up games ahead of the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025. Indian pacer Arundhati Reddy was dropped from the ground in wheelchair after a blow against England.
India is hosting the Women’s ODI World Cup after a long time, as this is the fourth time BCCI is hosting a woman ICC program. On the other hand, Sri Lanka, as a co-maintenance, is hosting the ICC event for the first time.
The ICC Women’s ODI World Cup is scheduled to begin on September 30, in which Australia has entered the Indian subcontinent as the defending champion of the competition. He has won it 7 times in the history of the tournament.
India belongs to a major shock before CWC25 because a star pacer is injured
A few days before the start of the Women’s World Cup 2025 campaign, Indian women suffered a major setback. Star Paper was injured during a warm-up match against women of England at the BCCI Center of Excellence on Thursday.
Arundhati Reddy was injured while bowling 5th of the game and left him lame in the field. The next time he was taken to a wheelchair by Physio. The incident occurred during the 13th over of England’s innings.
Reddy, who bowled 4.4 overs, slipped the fifth ball of the over, and the play was stopped as Physio participated to investigate it. In his 4.4 overs, Pesar conceded 34 runs and chose the wicket of English opener Amy Jones. Clarity is still waiting for Reddy’s participation in the World Cup.
India already suffered a major blow with a 2–1 defeat in the ODI series against Australia
Just before the start of the World Cup, the women of India played in a much awaited competition with the world champion side, Australian women. This was the last series for India for the preparation of the ICC Women’s World Cup in 2025.
The first match marked a brilliant performance from Australian women; However, with a commanding hundred, Smriti Madhana returned to India in the series. The recession was the best best in the chain; However, India lost the series by a margin of 2–1.
The injured bowler Renuka Singh also returned to the facility for India after disappearing for more than 9 months. He played the last game of the series against Australia.
Harmanpreet Kaur gave the first ICC title as the captain of India
Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur has been a revolutionary captain for India in limited overs cricket. Despite many great cricketers from Indian women, Kaur led India’s success on foreign soil. India won a series against England on English soil in the month of July.
India has never won the ICC title, while their best results are runners -up in both ODI and T20I World Cup. This time, he has a great chance as the tournament is being hosted by India.
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