Gujarat Giants have lost pace bowler Titas Sadhu for the rest of the 2026 Women’s Premier League after the 20-year-old picked up another untimely injury. Seam-bowling all-rounder Jintimani Kalita has been drafted in as a like-for-like replacement.
Sadhu, signed for INR 30 lakh at November’s auction after two seasons with Delhi Capitals, did not play a single match this year. A sequence of setbacks has hampered her progress since early 2025, when she managed only three WPL outings before a side strain scuppered her domestic and international plans. She skipped the April tri-series in Sri Lanka, missed the July white-ball tour of England and returned only briefly in August on the India A trip to Australia. Her international log stands at eight one-day caps and a dozen T20Is.
Kalita offers cover with both bat and new ball. The right-armer turned out 13 times for Mumbai Indians across the 2023 and 2025 campaigns, though her returns – one wicket and six runs – underline how limited her opportunities have been. Giants, however, value her ability to swing the ball early and lengthen the lower order.
The franchise sit bottom of a tightly bunched table: five sides are locked on the same number of points, but Gujarat’s net run-rate has taken a beating after three defeats on the trot. Head coach Rachael Haynes remained pragmatic when asked about the reshuffle, saying only, “We back the group we’ve got; the task now is to execute.”
With three league fixtures left, the equation is simple: win at least two and hope the margins fall their way. Kalita could debut as early as Saturday against UP Warriorz, where her knack for bowling stump-to-stump in the powerplay – a phase limited to the first six overs when only two fielders may patrol the deep – may decide whether the Giants stay in the playoff hunt.
