Injury and the unique trick of becoming a ‘champion’, what happened in 2025 happened in 2026, so can the World Cup be confirmed?

New Delhi. The foot on which the pad is tied first and runs are scored will be the same in the next match. If a bowler wears a t-shirt and gets 5 wickets, will the bowler wear some other t-shirt in the next match? In the world of cricket, coincidences and superstitions (tricks) often become the reason for big headlines. Sometimes a player plays the entire tournament with a single bat, sometimes a captain adopts a special routine after winning the toss, but currently such a strange and emotional coincidence has happened with the Indian women’s cricket team, which fans are calling on social media as “the new trick to become champion”. That’s the trick—an in-form player gets injured in the middle of the tournament, he’s out, and then the team goes on to win the World Cup!

The story is famous in Bollywood that the film in which Kajol falls becomes a hit, the same story is with the Indian women’s team too. The same story that was successful in the 2025 50 over (ODI) World Cup is now being repeated in the 2026 Women’s T20 World Cup. The Indian team, which is unbeaten after winning two consecutive opening matches, is in great form at the moment, and meanwhile the fans have started remembering last year’s title win.

That history of 2025: When Pratika Raval’s injury awakened ‘title passion’

It is about last year i.e. October 2025, when the 50-over Women’s Cricket World Cup was being played in India. Indian opener Pratika Raval was in the best form of her career at that time and had scored a brilliant century against New Zealand to take India to the semi-finals but while fielding in the league match against Bangladesh, she twisted her ankle badly and was out of the entire tournament due to hairline fracture. Instead of weakening the team, this setback doubled their morale. Every player decided that they would win this World Cup for their injured partner ‘Pratika’. The result was that India defeated South Africa by 52 runs in the final and won the historic trophy of the ODI World Cup for the first time. Even though Pratika did not get the official medal due to ICC rules, captain Smriti Mandhana brought her respectfully to the stage in a wheelchair. That injury wrote the golden script of the World Cup for the Indian team.

2026 T20 World Cup: Will Shreyanka Patil’s injury bring the trophy again?

Now coming to the present time (June 2026), the Women’s T20 World Cup is being played on the soil of England. Under the leadership of Harmanpreet Kaur, the Indian team made a great start and defeated Pakistan and the Netherlands in two consecutive matches, but right in the midst of this momentum, the fans’ hearts were broken when the young sensation and excellent spinner Shreyanka Patil twisted her ankle while fielding in the match against the Netherlands. Gaya. Shreyanka had to be taken out of the field on a stretcher and due to ankle ligament injury, she is completely out of this T20 World Cup. In her place, uncapped player Prema Rawat has been included in the team but as soon as Shreyanka was out, Indian fans caught hold of this coincidence. There is a lot of discussion on social media that whatever happened in 2025 is also happening in 2026!

The trick or the unwavering courage of the team?

Even though science or the rules of cricket do not accept superstitions, ’emotional motivation’ plays a big role in the game. When an important teammate is out in pain, the other players sacrifice their lives. Looking at the rhythm the Indian team is in at the moment and is moving ahead with two consecutive wins, it seems that this is not a “trick” but the strength of Team India which knows how to convert every disaster into an opportunity. This injury of Shreyanka will unite the team once again and Team India is very close to proving this ‘trick’ true by lifting the T20 World Cup trophy at Lord’s.