Team India: Strong blow to Indian team, star player 'OUT' from Asia Cup-Asian Games, replacement also decided

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  • Jemima Rodriguez out of Asia Cup and Asian Games
  • Pratika Rawal given place by BCCI
  • Big blow to Team India

Team India: The Indian women's cricket team has suffered a major shock. Asia Cup in UAE and Japan due to star batsman Jemima Rodrigues injury Asian out of the games. Jemima has been ruled out of both major tournaments with a serious right hamstring injury. The 25-year-old suffered the injury while playing for Southern Braves in 'The Hundred' in England on August 3 and has been ruled out for the remainder of the tournament.

Jemima's injury

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on its social media platform 'X', 'BCCI's medical team examined Jemima at the Center of Excellence in Bangalore and confirmed that she sustained a serious injury. As a result, she has been pulled out of the ACC Women's Asia Cup in UAE and the Asian Games in Japan.'

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Incorporation of the icon into the team

BCCI announced that Pratika Rawal has been included in the Indian squad in place of Jemima Rodrigues. Prathika is yet to make her T20 international debut, but has scored 1,189 runs in 27 ODIs. She was also a part of the team that won the 2025 Women's ODI World Cup.

Earlier this year, she scored a half-century on her Test debut against Australia in Perth. Prateika missed India's historic Test win at Lord's against England in July after suffering a knee injury while fielding during India A's second ODI against England A at Taunton. Prathika was scheduled to play for Warwickshire in the ODI Cup from August 19, but will have to forgo that opportunity due to selection for the Women's Asia Cup.

First match against Thailand

Seven-time champions India will begin their campaign against Thailand on August 30, followed by a match against Hong Kong-China on September 3. India's crucial match against arch-rivals Pakistan will be played on September 5. All matches in the tournament will be played at the Dubai International Stadium. The semi-finals will be played on September 10 and 11 and the final will be played on September 13.

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India squad for Asia Cup: Harmanpreet Kaur (captain), Smriti Mandhana (vice-captain), Shefali Verma, Bharti Phulmali, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wicketkeeper), G. Kamalini (keeper), Arundhati Reddy, Prema Rawat, Radha Yadav, Sri Charani, Renuka Thakur, Nandini Sharma, Kranti Goud and Pritika Rawal

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