It was the primary ball of the sixth over when Netherlands batter Phebe Molkenboer clipped the ball to the leg aspect and Patil ran after it to cease the one. Simply as she bent low to choose up the ball and switch, Patil twisted her proper ankle and fell instantly. She was seen clutching her proper ankle because the Indian crew physiotherapist rushed out. Patil could not put weight on her proper leg when she tried to face up with some assist. She was finally helped on to a stretcher and onto a cart to go off the sector.
Shafali Verma accomplished the sixth over whereas Radha Yadav changed Patil on the sector.
Patil had been out of motion for lengthy durations in 2024 and 2025 as a consequence of a number of accidents. It began in July 2024 with a finger fracture on her left hand adopted by shin splints in each legs after which a stress response in her wrist. She gained full health lastly in September 2025 when she performed for Barbados Royals within the Ladies’s CPL adopted by the WPL for RCB earlier this yr.
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