After sitting out of the WPL, Patil failed to recover fully for the tri-series in Sri Lanka, also involving South Africa, in April-May. In June-July, she missed the tour of England. Added to this list was also the home World Cup, missing which, she said, ‘hurt a lot’. “Once I started missing tournaments back to back, and missing out on WPL, that was a big blow for me. Missing the World Cup hurt a lot. As a cricketer, you always want to lift that trophy.”
