IND-W vs ENG-W: India’s Shubha Satheesh ruled out of England Test with broken finger

Shubha Satheesh, who scored a fifty in her first Test, is a doubtful starter against Australia next week.

Shubha Satheesh scored fifty in her first Test against England. (Image:

Navigate Mumbai: India Women batswoman Shubha Satheesh was ruled out of the remainder of the ongoing one-off Test against England on Saturday due to a broken finger, and it also made her a doubtful starter for the Test match against Australia starting here next week.

India will face Australia in a one-off Test at the Wankhede Stadium from December 21 to 24. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) informed before the start of play on the third day of the four-day Test that Shubha, who was playing her first match for India in different formats, will no longer participate in the ongoing match.

“Shubha Satheesh did not bat in the second innings due to a broken finger and will not participate again in the ongoing India-England Test,” the BCCI statement said. The BCCI did not provide details on when or how the player sustained the injury even though she had warmed up ahead of the second day of play on Friday.

But the 24-year-old did not take the field that day and was seen sitting in the dugout with her fingers taped. Shubha, who top-scored for India in the first innings with 69 off 76 balls, became the country’s 12th player to make a fifty on debut in the women’s Tests.

She added 115 runs for the third wicket with fellow debutant Jemimah Rodrigues, which is now the second-highest partnership in Tests for India in history. India made 428 in their first innings before bowling out England for 136.