In a huge blow to the India’s Women’s T20 World Cup campaign, Shreyanka Patil sustained a serious injury to her right ankle during India’s bowling innings against Netherlands at Headingley, Leeds on Wednesday.

Coming on to bowl in the sixth over, Shreyanka slipped in the field while trying to collect the ball from mid-on. She seemingly landed awkwardly on her right ankle and looked in immense pain with her teammates surrounding her.

She was then stretchered off, with the bowler covering her face in disappointment throughout.

Shafali Verma then completed her over.

Shreyanka spent nearly 14 months on the sidelines after a fractured finger sustained during an Asia Cup match against Pakistan in July 2024. Her injury woes continued with severe shin issues in both legs and a fractured left thumb, before she finally returned to action for Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the WPL earlier this year.

“I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t depressed or that I didn’t think about giving up cricket. That’s how I felt initially during the injury phase. But there was a voice inside me saying, ‘No matter what, I love playing this sport. I’m here only because I love playing it’,” Shreyanka told JioStar after India’s win over Pakistan at Edgbaston.

“So, I couldn’t give up on something I love doing. I kept my head high, my dad kept talking to me, and my family supported me throughout. The atmosphere around me and the strong support system I had, I was always surrounded by great people. That kept me going.”

“I love being back on the field now, and I won’t let that feeling go,” she had said then.

An official update about her injury is yet to come from the BCCI.

Published on Jun 17, 2026