India worry over injury to Rawal in abandoned game

Captain Harmanpreet Kaur put her hands on her head. Almost every player in blue rushed towards the midwicket boundary. Ina game where the DY Patil Stadium DJ got more of a workout than players out in the middle due to unseasonal heavy rain, an injury scare to Pratika Rawal became the most significant event for the co-hosts of the Women’s World Cup on Sunday evening.

- Rutvick Mehta

In their last group stage match against Bangladesh that was inconsequential and interrupted bytwo lengthy rain pauses in Navi Mumbai, the Indian team walked out with ano result.

More concerning for them, though, was the sight of their inform opener hobbling away in the 22nd over of the Bangladesh innings, and three days prior to the semifinal against Australia.