Bhatia played four matches at the World Cup, and scored 41 runs in three innings at an average of 13.66 and a strike rate of 117.14. She shuffled between Nos. 3 and 5 in a middle-order combination where India never settled on a clear role for her or Jemimah Rodrigues. In their final group match against Australia, Bhatia dropped below No. 6 and did not bat in the innings.
The 17-year-old Kamalini came into prominence over her first two seasons with Mumbai Indians in the WPL, and has played one T20I so far, during the home series against Sri Lanka in December 2025. She opened the batting in that game, scoring a run-a-ball 12. So far in her 15-match T20 career, Kamalini has either opened (five innings) or batted in the lower order (six innings at Nos. 7 and 8), and scored 119 runs at 14.87.
India squad for 2026 Asian Games
Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), G Kamalini (wk), Bharti Fulmali, Sree Charani, Renuka Singh, Kranti Gaud, Arundhati Reddy, Shreyanka Patil (subject to fitness clearance), Radha Yadav, Nandani Sharma.
