The Gujarat Giants’ Women’s Premier League (WPL) season has gone from bad to worse after star all-rounder Harleen Deol was ruled out of the remainder of the campaign on Thursday (Mar 7).
Deol, who struggled in the three matches she played during the early stage of the WPL 2024 is reported to have injured her knee. Bharti Fulmali, formerly of Trailblazers and a domestic player from Vidarbha has been roped in to replace the injured Deol.
Deol injured her knee during Giants’ third group-stage match, against UP Warriorz in Bengaluru. Stationed at sweeper cover, Deol raced to her right to intercept a ball in the first over of Warriorz’s innings and immediately clutched her left knee. She limped off the field and has not been seen in action since.
Her returns with the bat haven’t been great and scored 8, 22 and 18 in three matches before going off injured. She adds to the already injured plagued squad of Gujarat Giants who have only one win in five WPL matches so far.
Gujarat are already without Kashvee Gautam and Australia’s Lauren Cheatle due to several medical reasons. Sneh Rana has also missed out on the last two outings for unknown reasons, adding more woes to the depleted Gujarat Giants squad.