India women's cricketer Radha Yadav rescued by NDRF team from flood-hit Vadodara in Gujarat

Radha Yadav has been included in the Indian squad for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024.

Indian women’s cricket team player Radha Yadav was rescued by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team from her home in her flood-affected area in Vadodara, Gujarat. The spinner revealed this through an Instagram post on Wednesday, August 28.

For the last week, many parts of Gujarat’s Vadodara city have been impacted by floods due to the heavy rain the city has been seeing. The situation in the city is alarming, and the NDRF team has been called in to carry out relief and rescue work, the state government said on Wednesday.

Few areas were under 10 to 12 feet of water, said the Health Minister and government spokesperson Rushikesh Patel. The Vishwamitri river, which flows through the city, crossed the danger mark on Tuesday morning after constant rains and the release of water from the Ajwa dam. 

Thank you so much for rescuing us: Radha Yadav

The 24-year-old Radha Yadav shared the dire situation of floods in her area in an Instagram post on August 28. The star spinner thanked the NDRF team for rescuing her family from a flood-hit area.

“We were stuck in a very bad situation. Thank you so much NDRF for rescuing us,” Yadav posted.

Radha Yadav has been picked in the Indian squad for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024

On August 27, 2024, the Board of Control for Cricket in India announced a 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024.

The left-arm spinner Radha was also picked in the squad for the upcoming ICC tournament. Yadav has 90 wickets to her name in 80 WT20I matches.

India’s squad for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024:

Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Dayalan Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, Sajana Sajeevan.

*Subject to fitness clearance

Travelling Reserves: Uma Chetry (wk), Tanuja Kanwer, Saima Thakor

Non-Travelling Reserves: Raghvi Bist, Priya Mishra

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