WPL 2025: Pooja Vastrakar, Asha Sobhana Ruled Out – Mumbai Indians, RCB Announce Replacements
Pooja Vastrakar and Asha Shobana have ruled out of the WPL 2025.
The Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025 has suffered an early setback as two senior Indian cricketers, Pooja Vastrakar (Mumbai Indians) and Asha Sobhana (Royal Challengers Bengaluru), have been ruled out due to injuries. Their respective franchises have named replacements ahead of the tournament.
Mumbai Indians Sign Parunika Sisodia
Pooja Vastrakar, Mumbai Indians’ pace bowler, has been out of action since October 2024 due to an ankle injury. As a replacement, MI has signed Parunika Sisodia, a young left-arm spinner who was part of India’s Under-19 T20 World Cup-winning team.
MI announced that Parunika joins the squad at her base price of ₹10 lakh. The young spinner impressed in the U-19 T20 World Cup, taking 3/21 against England in the semi-final and 2/6 against South Africa in the final. She was previously part of the Gujarat Giants in WPL 2023.
RCB Brings In Nuzhat Parween
Asha Sobhana, RCB’s leg-spinner, has also been ruled out due to a knee injury. She sustained it before India’s T20 World Cup 2024 clash against Australia and hasn’t played since.
RCB has named Nuzhat Parween, a wicketkeeper-batter from the Railways team, as her replacement. Parween has represented India in five T20Is and joins RCB for ₹30 lakh, her base price.
Updated Squads After Replacements
Mumbai Indians Squad:
Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Amanjot Kaur, Amelia Kerr, Chloe Tryon, Hayley Matthews, Jintimani Kalita, Natalie Sciver, Saika Ishaque, Yastika Bhatia, Shabnim Ismail, Amandeep Kaur, S. Sajana, Keerthana, Nadine de Klerk, G. Kamalini, Sanskriti Gupta, Akshita Maheshwari, Parunika Sisodia.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Squad:
Smriti Mandhana (c), Sabbineni Meghana, Richa Ghosh, Ellyse Perry, Georgia Wareham, Shreyanka Patil, Sophie Devine, Renuka Singh, Sophie Molineux, Ekta Bisht, Kate Cross, Kanika Ahuja, Danni Wyatt, Prema Rawat, Joshitha VJ, Raghvi Bist, Jagravi Pawar, Nuzhat Parween.
Both MI and RCB will now focus on the upcoming season with their new additions. WPL 2025 kicks off on February 14, 2025, and fans are eager to see how these teams perform.
