New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- Uma Chetry couldn't have asked for a better Thursday evening when the 23-year-old was named as a replacement for injured Yastika Bhatia in the Indian squad for the ICC Women's World Cup 2025, starting later this month. Chetry, who was a part of the India A squad which will play the warm-up matches before the main event at the Women's World Cup 2025, will also play in the preceding three-match ODI series against Australian women, which starts next week in Chandigarh.

For someone like Chetry, coming from Assam's Golaghat district, making the Indian team was itself a big deal. For the unversed, Chetry became the first woman from Assam and the Northeast region to play for the country, when she made his India debut last ...