Asha Sobhana was included in India's Playing XI for the must-win T20 World Cup 2024 clash against Australia but was later excluded from the team. Radha Yadav replaced the leg-spinner in the team. Here is why Sobhana was left out of the team at the last minute.
The star batter Smriti Mandhana scored her first international century since March 2022 to help India post a challenging total of 265 and then the debutant Asha Sobhana bagged four wickets to bowl out South Africa to 122.
Asha Sobhana, on Monday, became the oldest debutant for India in Women's cricket making her T20I debut at the age of 33. It was a decent debut for her at the highest level as she returned with figures of 2/18 in three overs as India won the rain-affected clash.
The Indian women's team continued its impressive run in the ongoing five-match T20 series against Bangladesh, winning the rain-hit fourth match comfortably. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur starred with the bat, but the duo of Asha Sobhana and Deepti Sharma got their team home with their spin chokehold.
india Women are currently involved in the five-match T20I series against Bangladesh. Asha Sobhana, the leg-spinner, got a chance for the first time in the series in the fourth T20I. India have already sealed the series by winning the first three matches.
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