In place of Shuchi Upadhyay, left-arm spinner Radha Yadav has been selected for the India Women’s white-ball tour of England. The tour will not include Upadhyay due to a left-shin injury.
Upadhyay made her ODI debut against South Africa during the tri-series in Sri Lanka. She was called up for the forthcoming England tour for the first time in her T20I career.
According to the BCCI, the shin illness was discovered at the BCCI Centre of Excellence (COE) in Bengaluru during the pre-tour camp.
In December of last year, she took the third-most wickets at the Senior Women’s One-Day Trophy. In nine innings at an average of 15.44 and an economy rate of 3.48, she took 18 wickets at that time. She won the championship with her team, Madhya Pradesh, and was awarded the Player of the Tournament.
Radha Yadav, who has participated in 84 T20Is and seven One-Day Internationals, last played for India in December 2024, taking four wickets against the West Indies. But in the ensuing ODI series against them, she was passed over.
She took the most wickets in the home one-dayers against New Zealand before to the West Indies series.
India will play England Women in three ODIs and five T20Is beginning on June 28.
