UP Warriorz’s Vrinda Dinesh has been ruled out of the remainder of the Women’s Premier League after suffering a shoulder injury during the match against Mumbai Indians at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru, on February 28. The WPL governing council has approved wicket-keeper batter Uma Chetry as a replacement for her.
Vrinda missed UP Warriorz’s next game against Gujarat Giants on March 1 and was ruled out of the entire tournament on Monday.
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“The UP Warriorz prioritises all our players’ health and would like to wish her a very speedy recovery. We hope to see her back in action soon. In the interim, Uma Chetry will replace her in the squad,” WPL said in a release.
The UP Warriorz have signed wicket-keeper batter Uma Chetry as a replacement at her reserve price of INR 10 lakh.
Uma recently played for India A against England A and was also a part of the victorious India A Emerging squad that won the ACC Emerging Women’s Asia Cup 2023.
In the two matches that she played for UP Warriorz before her injury, Vrinda scored 0 and 18 runs. She did not bat in the match against Mumbai Indians.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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