Jemimah Rodrigues left out of Asia Cup 2026 squad, know who took her place in the Indian women's cricket team

India squad for Asia Cup 2026 : The squad of the Indian women's cricket team for Asia Cup 2026 has been announced. With this, India's star batsman Jemimah Rodrigues has been dropped from the Asian Games 2026 team. She has been replaced by Pratika Raval in the squad. The captaincy of the team has been handed over to Harmanpreet Kaur. Along with this, the vice-captaincy of the team has been given in the hands of Smriti Mandhana. G Kamalini has also been given a place in the Indian cricket team.

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India's batsman Jemimah Rodrigues suffered a hamstring injury while playing for Southern Brave in The Hundred in England on August 3 and has now been ruled out of India's upcoming matches in the Women's Asia Cup in UAE and the Asian Games in Japan. The Women's Asia Cup will start from August 28, in which India will start its campaign against Thailand on August 30.

India make changes into their squad for Asia Cup as senior batsman is ruled out due to injury.

— ICC (@ICC) August 14, 2026

The BCCI medical team examined him at the Center of Excellence in Bengaluru, after which the seriousness of the injury was revealed. The absence of Rodrigues, who has played 131 matches in the shortest format, is a blow to India's preparations for the upcoming tournaments, as only two weeks are left for the Asia Cup to be held in UAE. The Women's Selection Committee has selected Pratika Raval in place of Rodrigues for the Asia Cup. Recently, after playing an important role in the India A setup, Raval has returned to the India squad.

India's updated squad for Asia Cup 2026

Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shafali Verma, Bharti Fulmali, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), G Kamalini (wicketkeeper), Arundhati Reddy, Prema Rawat, Radha Yadav, Sri Charani, Renuka Thakur, Nandani Sharma, Kranti Gaur, Pratika Rawal.

A look at #TeamIndia's squad for the upcoming ACC Women's Asia Cup 2026 🙌#ACC | #WomensAsiaCup2026pic.twitter.com/a7fVxTjMMI

— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) August 14, 2026

Jemima, playing for 'Southern Brave', scored 143 runs in six innings of this 100-ball tournament at an average of 35.75, but due to a hamstring injury, she had to leave the tournament midway. Jemima is a key player of the Indian cricket team. He has given memorable performances with the bat for India from time to time. Jemimah Rodrigues has scored 1810 runs for India in 62 ODI matches with 3 centuries and 8 half-centuries. He has scored 2824 runs with 16 half-centuries in 131 T20 matches.

Pratika Rawal has played only ODI cricket and Test cricket for India till now. His T20 international debut has not happened yet. Pratika has scored 1189 runs for India in 26 innings of 27 ODI matches with 2 centuries and 8 half-centuries. Now his Asia Cup T20 debut is almost certain.

India's full schedule in Women's Asia Cup 2026

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