{"id":173951,"date":"2026-05-29T00:45:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T06:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=173951"},"modified":"2026-05-29T00:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T06:15:07","slug":"eng-w-vs-ind-w-1st-t20i-built-myself-from-scratch-but-alls-well-that-ends-well-says-yastika-bhatia-after-injury-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=173951","title":{"rendered":"ENG-W vs IND-W, 1st T20I: \u2018Built myself from scratch, but all\u2019s well that ends well,\u2019 says Yastika Bhatia after injury comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71036094\">India batter Yastika Bhatia said she had to build herself from scratch after a career-threatening ACL injury, enduring months of painful rehabilitation before returning with a match-winning half-century against England in the first women\u2019s T20I.<\/p>\n<p>Yastika, who injured her left knee during India\u2019s preparatory camp for last year\u2019s ODI World Cup in Visakhapatnam, marked her comeback with a fluent 54 off 40 balls in India\u2019s 38-run win in the opening women\u2019s T20I ahead of the World Cup beginning on June 12.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think those who undergo ACL surgery know how difficult it is because a whole muscle of that leg goes away. You literally have to build everything from scratch,\u201d Yastika said after the match.<\/p>\n<p>The left-hander admitted there were phases during rehabilitation when progress seemed invisible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the surgery, the rehab process was pretty tough. There were days when nothing was happening and no progress was visibly seen. But I just kept showing up every day,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter months, I could finally see improvement. The support system around me was beautiful&#8230; the Centre of Excellence staff, family, friends, teammates like Jemmy (Jemimah Rodrigues), everyone kept checking on me. I\u2019m very grateful&#8230; all\u2019s well that ends well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The injury had forced Yastika to miss India\u2019s triumphant ODI World Cup campaign at home last year.<\/p>\n<p>Her last T20I appearance had come against Bangladesh in April 2024, while her last competitive outing was during the India A tour of Australia in August before the injury sidelined her for several months.<\/p>\n<p>Back in India colours, however, Yastika looked like she had never been away.<\/p>\n<p>Playing without skipper Harmanpreet Kaur, who was rested, India slipped to 7\/2 inside the opening over with Smriti Mandhana and Shafali Verma departing cheaply.<\/p>\n<p>Yastika walked in under pressure and steadied the innings with Jemimah Rodrigues.<\/p>\n<p>From driving confidently through the off-side to taking on Sophie Ecclestone over wide long-on for a six, Yastika settled quickly and brought up her fifty off just 31 balls.<\/p>\n<p>She and Jemimah stitched together a match-turning 126-run stand for the third wicket off only 76 balls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first thing Jemimah told me was, \u2018Let\u2019s build a partnership and keep playing positively,\u2019\u201d Yastika recalled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe both were batting well in the practice games and were in good touch coming into the series. The plan was simple\u2014watch the ball, rotate strike, find the gaps and then capitalise later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yastika praised Jemimah, who struck 69 off 40 balls and was adjudged player-of-the-match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe showed a lot of maturity. Initially, she was very calm and kept backing me while I was getting those boundaries,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if I missed a couple of balls, she would say, \u2018No problem, Yastika, you are batting like a dream, just keep going\u2019. Later, she got into her own flow and changed the momentum again in our favour. She looks very mature now, and we hope to see many more innings like this from her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>India also found another bright spot in debutant pacer Nandini Sharma, who impressed with figures of 3\/34.<\/p>\n<p>Yastika said the young seamer trusted her strengths brilliantly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer slower ones are her strength and she used them beautifully. To perform like that on debut is exceptional,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNandini is a product of domestic cricket and the WPL. It\u2019s exciting for Indian cricket that whoever is coming into the XI is making a statement and contributing immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on May 29, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/yastika-bhatia-injury-comeback-rehab-challenge-india-women-vs-england-women-1st-t20\/article71036094.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India batter Yastika Bhatia said she had to build herself from scratch after a career-threatening ACL injury, enduring months of painful rehabilitation before returning with a match-winning half-century against England in the first women\u2019s T20I. Yastika, who injured her left knee during India\u2019s preparatory camp for last year\u2019s ODI World Cup in Visakhapatnam, marked her &#8230; <a title=\"ENG-W vs IND-W, 1st T20I: \u2018Built myself from scratch, but all\u2019s well that ends well,\u2019 says Yastika Bhatia after injury comeback\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=173951\" aria-label=\"Read more about ENG-W vs IND-W, 1st T20I: \u2018Built myself from scratch, but all\u2019s well that ends well,\u2019 says Yastika Bhatia after injury comeback\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":173952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1780035308_image2015.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":175465,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=175465","url_meta":{"origin":173951,"position":0},"title":"IND-W vs ENG-W 3rd T20I: All eyes on Smriti Mandhana, middle order ahead of decider in Taunton","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"India will need bigger contributions from its leadership duo of Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana and its middle order as it seeks to clinch the three-match T20I in the deciding fixture at Taunton on Tuesday. 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