
Harleen Deol, a batter for the Gujarat Giants, will miss the rest of the Women's Premier League's second season because of an injury. Harleen's absence for the remainder of the season has been confirmed via a message posted on the team's official Instagram account.
We regret to notify you all that owing to an injury, Harleen Deol will be unable to play in the remaining Women's Premier League games. We send Harleen our best wishes for a quick recovery and look forward to seeing her back in action in the upcoming seasons," the message said.
"Our hearts go out to Harleen Deol, whose unfortunate injury has ruled her out of the rest of the TATA WPL season," the Giants had said as the caption for the post. Safe travels, Harleen.
The Giants were dealt a severe setback when they found out that they would be without their top Indian batter at a pivotal point in the WPL 2024. Gujarat has only won one of their five WPL games thus far, placing them at the bottom of the standings. At the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday, March 6, the Beth Mooney-led team exhaled with relief after they produced a masterful display with the bat and ball to thrash the Royal Challengers Bangalore by 19 runs. Gujarat had lost their previous four games in a row going into this victory, and the team's fortunes had changed as a result of the site shift.
Harleen did not play in either the Sunday, March 3, or the face-off versus the Royal Challengers of Bangalore. The hitter had hurt his left knee while fielding on Friday, March 1, during Gujarat's game against UP Warriorz. Harleen was lying on the ground clutching her knee when the incident occurred in the first over of the chase. With the assistance of the physiotherapist, Deol left the field after experiencing knee pain while tossing the ball towards the bowler. The Gujarat Giants' next game is scheduled for Saturday, March 9, against the Mumbai Indians. Given a net run rate of just -1.278, the team would need to win each and every game.