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WPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Asha Sobhana ruled out of tournament due to injury | Cricket News

WPL 2025: Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Asha Sobhana ruled out of tournament due to injury | Cricket News

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Ahead of their Women’s Premier League opener against Gujarat Giants on Friday, Royal Challengers Bengaluru announced that allrounder Asha Sobhana has been ruled out of the tournament due to a knee injury. The franchise announced that wicketkeeper-batter Nuzhat Parween will be Sobhana’s replacement this season. “Unfortunately, our champion all-rounder, Asha Sobhana, has been ruled out of #WPL2025 due to a knee injury! Star wicketkeeper-batter Nuzhat Parween will replace her for the season!,” the franchise posted on X. Asha had sustained the injury at a T20 World Cup against Australia in Sharjah just after the toss and had to be replaced. This is the latest injury blow to RCB with the defending champions also losing Sophie Molineux, who pulled out after a knee injury. 🔊 𝑶𝑭𝑭𝑰𝑪𝑰𝑨𝑳 𝑨𝑵𝑵𝑶𝑼𝑵𝑪𝑬𝑴𝑬𝑵𝑻 🔊 🥹 Unfortunately, our champion all-rounder, Asha Sobhana, has been ruled out of #WPL2025 due to a knee injury! Star 🇮🇳 wicketkeeper-batter Nuzhat Parween will replace her for the season! 🙌 Welcome to #ನಮ್ಮRCB, Nuzhat! 🤩… pic.twitter.com/LfJx3geASV — Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) February 13, 2025 Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians have …

Pakistan Star Can’t Stop Laughing As India’s Asha Sobhana Drops Sitter In Women’s T20 WC. Watch

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It was a regulation catch but Asha Sobhana failed to hold on to the ball.© X (Twitter) Pakistan all-rounder Aliya Riaz couldn’t control her emotions after India’s Asha Sobhana dropped a regulation catch during their Women’s T20 World Cup match in Dubai on Sunday. The incident happened after the powerplay when Muneeba Ali tried to play a ramp shot on Arundhati Reddy‘s ball. However, she failed to time her shot and the ball went straight to Asha, who was standing at short fine leg. It was a regulation catch but Asha failed to hold on to the ball. As Asha grassed the ball, the camera immediately panned towards Aliya in the dressing room, who was caught covering her face in order to hide her smile. pic.twitter.com/bs4G2C3LBh — The Game Changer (@TheGame_26) October 6, 2024 However, the dropped catch didn’t come back to haunt India as Shreyanka Patil dismissed Muneeba a few overs late.  Meanwhile, Arundhati led the Indian bowling attack in the first inning after she bagged three wickets and gave …

Asha Sobhana Becomes First Kerala Woman to Play in Cricket World Cup

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Asha Sobhana made history as the first Malayali woman to play in a Women’s Cricket World Cup match, on Friday. In India’s opening T20 World Cup game against New Zealand in Dubai, the 33-year-old leg-spinner from Thiruvananthapuram took a wicket and scored six runs, though India fell short by 58 runs while chasing 160/4. Asha’s World Cup debut was marked by her economical bowling, finishing with figures of 1/22 from four overs. She claimed the wicket of Georgia Plimmer, who was well-set on 34 runs, dismissing her in the first ball of Asha’s second over. Her celebration for the wicket, mimicking the ‘binoculars’ gesture made famous by Arsenal’s Leandro Trossard, reflected her love for the English Premier League club. Asha had already made headlines earlier in the year with a remarkable 12-wicket haul in the Women’s Premier League (WPL), including a five-wicket performance. Her success in the WPL earned her a call-up to the Indian team in April, with her T20I debut following in May. Ahead of the World Cup, Asha expressed her excitement: “I’ve …

India squad for Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: Harmanpreet to lead 15-member team; Asha Sobhana, Shreyanka Patil in | Cricket News

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The BCCI on Tuesday announced India’s 15-member squad to feature in the upcoming Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 in the United Arab Emirates in October. Harmanpreet Kaur will lead the side with Smriti Mandhana named her deputy. Richa Ghosh and Yastika Bhatia are the designated wicket-keepers in the side, with Bhatia’s participation subject to fitness. India have only made one change from their recent Women’s Asia Cup campaign in Sri Lanka with Bhatia replacing Uma Chetry in the 15-member team. Chetry has instead been named as one of the three travelling reserves alongside Tanuja Kanwer and Saima Thakor. India’s batting core will be rounded up by opener Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues and Dayalan Hemalatha in the top-order, while Sajana Sajeevan also received the nod. The spin department will be helmed by all-rounder Deepti Sharma, left-arm spinner Radha Yadav and leg-spinner Asha Sobhana, who will feature in her maiden World Cup at 33. Royal Challengers Bengaluru all-rounder Shreyanka Patil has also been named in the squad. Patil has yet to recover from a finger injury that …

Making of Asha Sobhana: RCB player started journey by bowling rolled up balls of paper inside empty milk packets | Cricket News

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When Asha Sobhana got the ball in the 17th over, she found the M Chinnaswamy Stadium atmosphere to be ‘electric’. It was the sort of ambience she had craved all her life. Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper Smriti Mandhana only wanted Sobhana to get least one of Shweta Sehrwat and Grace Harris as UP Warriorz were in total control in pursuit of 158. With seven wickets in hand, they needed only 32 runs in the final four overs. This is supposed to be a stroll. But this was Chinnaswamy Stadium. The chants of ‘RCB, RCB’ were deafening. Sobhana was even thinking about her parents, who had recharged their DTH connection only to watch her play. She didn’t want to let anyone down on the night. Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Shobana Asha celebrates the wicket of UP Warriorz’s Grace Harris during a ‘Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2024’ cricket match. (PTI Photo) India seamer Renuka Singh still had an over left. There was Georgia Wareham as well. But it was Sobhana that Smriti turned to. At 32, she had …