Forward of their Ladies’s Premier League opener towards Gujarat Giants on Friday, Royal Challengers Bengaluru introduced that allrounder Asha Sobhana has been dominated out of the match as a consequence of a knee damage. The franchise introduced that wicketkeeper-batter Nuzhat Parween might be Sobhana’s alternative this season.
“Sadly, our champion all-rounder, Asha Sobhana, has been dominated out of #WPL2025 as a consequence of a knee damage! Star wicketkeeper-batter Nuzhat Parween will change her for the season!,” the franchise posted on X.
Asha had sustained the damage at a T20 World Cup towards Australia in Sharjah simply after the toss and had to get replaced. That is the newest damage blow to RCB with the defending champions additionally dropping Sophie Molineux, who pulled out after a knee damage.
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🥹 Sadly, our champion all-rounder, Asha Sobhana, has been dominated out of #WPL2025 as a consequence of a knee damage! Star 🇮🇳 wicketkeeper-batter Nuzhat Parween will change her for the season! 🙌
Welcome to #ನಮ್ಮRCB, Nuzhat! 🤩… pic.twitter.com/LfJx3geASV
— Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) February 13, 2025
In the meantime, Mumbai Indians have picked Parunika Sisodia as a alternative for an injured all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar for the Ladies’s Premier League, the franchise mentioned on Thursday.
The WPL begins on Friday with a match between defending champions RCB and Gujarat Giants in Vadodara.
Parween, the wicketkeeper from Railways has represented India in 5 T20Is and can be part of RCB for her base worth of Rs 30 lakh. Vastrakar was dominated out of the third version of the WPL as a consequence of an damage.
Parunika, who was picked by the Gujarat Giants within the inaugural version of the league, will now characteristic within the Mumbai Indians squad for WPL 2025.
The left-arm spinner pitched in with essential breakthroughs in the course of the not too long ago concluded ICC Ladies’s U19 T20 World Cup and was adjudged the Participant of the Match within the semi-final towards England. She joins MI for Rs 10 lakh.