Indian Women Cricket Team: The Indian women’s cricket team has received a major shock ahead of the upcoming Asia Cup and subsequent Asian Games in the form of star player Jemima Rodrigues. Jemima suffered a hamstring problem in ‘The Hundred’ tournament in England, which forced her out of it. Now Jemima has also been ruled out of the upcoming Asia Cup and Asian Games due to this injury, which has been officially announced by the BCCI.
In a press release issued by the BCCI, they announced the name of the replacement player in place of Jemima, with Pratika Rawal included in the Asia Cup squad. The Indian women’s team will play their first match in Asia Cup 2026 against Thailand on August 30, against Hong Kong China on September 3 and against Pakistan women’s team on September 5.
The decision was made following an investigation into Jemima’s injury at the COE
In the information provided by the BCCI about Jemima Rodrigues, she has said that she suffered a right hamstring injury during the ‘The Hundred’ tournament in England on August 3. BCCI’s medical team examined Jemima’s injury at the Bengaluru-based ‘Centre of Excellence’ (COE), which revealed a ‘high-grade tear’ i.e. a severe injury. In such a situation, Jemima has been ruled out of the Women’s Asia Cup in UAE from August 28 and then the Asian Games women’s cricket event in Japan from September 17. Following Jemima’s exit, the BCCI Women’s Selection Committee has included Prateika Rawal in the Asia Cup squad as Jemima’s replacement.
A look at #TeamIndia‘s squad for the upcoming ACC Women’s Asia Cup 2026 🙌#ACC | #WomensAsiaCup2026 pic.twitter.com/a7fVxTjMMI
— BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) August 14, 2026
Updated Squad of Indian Women’s Team for Asia Cup:
Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (Vice Captain), Shefali Verma, Bharti Fulmali, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (Wicketkeeper), G. Kamalini (wicketkeeper), Arundhati Reddy, Prema Rawat, Radha Yadav, Sri Charani, Renuka Thakur, Nandini Sharma, Kranti Goud, Pratika Rawal.
Pratika Rawal has not played any T20 match yet
Talking about the opening batsman Prateika Rawal, who has been included in the team India squad in place of Jemima Rodrigues, she has not played a single T20 match at the international level till now. Apart from this, Pratika Rawal has not even played a single match in the Women’s Premier League (WPL). In such a situation, all eyes will be on whether he gets a chance to play in the playing 11 in the Asia Cup or not.