The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on Friday, August 14, announced that the middle-order batter Jemimah Rodrigues has been ruled out of the Women’s Asia Cup, which is scheduled to commence in the UAE from Friday, August 28.
Notably, Rodrigues sustained a right hamstring injury on August 3 while playing The Hundred in the United Kingdom. According to the BCCI media release, the BCCI Medical Team assessed her. BCCI, on the other hand, named Pratika Rawal as her replacement for the tournament.
“Jemimah Rodrigues sustained a right hamstring injury on 3rd August while playing in The Hundred in England. The BCCI Medical Team clinically assessed her at the Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, and the assessment confirmed a high-grade tear,” the BCCI statement read.
It’s worth noting that Rodrigues will also miss the Asian Games in Nagoya from September 17 to October 3. India will lock horns with Japan in the quarter-final of the showpiece event. Meanwhile, India is grouped alongside Pakistan, Thailand and Hong Kong in Group A in the Women’s Asia Cup campaign.
“Consequently, she has been ruled out of the upcoming ACC Women’s Asia Cup in the UAE and the Asian Games in Japan. The Women’s Selection Committee has named Pratika Rawal as Jemimah’s replacement for the Asia Cup,” the statement added.
India’s updated Asia Cup squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Bharti Fulmali, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (WK), G. Kamalini (WK), Arundhati Reddy, Prema Rawat, Radha Yadav, Sree Charani, Renuka Thakur, Nandni Sharma, Kranti Gaud, Pratika Rawal
