New Delhi, Oct. 28 -- Yastika Bhatia has returned to the Women's Big Bash League, this time with Brisbane Heat. The Indian wicketkeeper-batter steps in for Jess Jonassen, who has been ruled out of the tournament with a hip issue. Bhatia becomes the only Indian player in this season's competition.

Yastika Bhatia recently featured for Trinbago Knight Riders in the Women's Caribbean Premier League. She will join the Brisbane Heat squad before their second match of the season, against Sydney Thunder in Sydney on November 1, and is set to stay for the entire campaign. The 25-year-old is no stranger to the league. In WBBL 2024, she turned out for Melbourne Stars.

She played six games for the Stars and finished as the side's second-highest run...