IND Women’s Asia Cup: Smriti Mandhana and Jemima Rodrigues Leave For Bangladesh Tour For Asia Cup

IND Women’s Asia Cup: Jemima Rodrigues and Smriti Mandhana have left for Bangladesh tour for the Asia Cup, Jemima is again fit for the Women’s Asia Cup to be held in Bangladesh from October 1 to 15, and Jemima returns to India’s 15-man T20 squad Has been.

Jemima missed the ongoing England tour with a wrist injury:-

Rodrigues missed the ongoing tour of England due to a wrist injury that she picked up during her stint at the Women’s Hundred with Northern Superchargers.

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Since his return, Rodrigues has undergone three weeks of rehab at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru.

Rodrigues’ inclusion in the team is included in the team which lost 2-1 in the T20 series against England. Richa Ghosh, who impressed with her lower-order hitting during the series, retained her place as the frontline wicketkeeper.

This means that Tania Bhatia, who was the first-choice wicketkeeper in the Commonwealth Games and missed a game in the T20Is against England, has been put on the standby list along with medium-pacer Simran Bahadur.

Retained his place in the team led by Harmanpreet Kaur:-

Top-order batsman Kiran Prabhu Navgire, who made his debut during the England series, has retained his place in the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side.

Meghna Singh and Renuka Singh are the two frontline seamers, with all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar as the third seam option. Meanwhile, India’s spin stocks are quite diversified.

They have two left-arm spinners in the form of Rajeshwari Gaikwad and Radha Yadav, while Sneh Rana and Deepti Sharma, both all-rounders, provide the right-arm variety.

The Women’s Asia Cup is making a comeback after a gap of four years. The seven-team tournament will be played in a round-robin format, with each team playing six matches in the league stage before the top four advances to the semi-finals.

Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates on October 3 and 4:-

India began their campaign against Sri Lanka on the first day (October 1), followed by Malaysia and debutants the United Arab Emirates on October 3 and October 4 respectively.

They will then play Pakistan and Bangladesh on 7 and 8 October and then conclude their league against Thailand on 10 October.

All matches will take place in Sylhet, where India last played during the T20 World Cup in 2014. Bangladesh is the current defending champions, having defeated India on the last ball in Kuala Lumpur in 2018.

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Indian Squad: 1. Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), 2. Smriti Mandhana (Vice-Captain), 3. Deepti Sharma, 4. Shafali Verma, 5. Jemima Rodrigues, 6. S Meghna, 7. Richa Ghosh (WK), 8. Sneh Rana, 9. Dayalan Hemlata, 10. Meghna Singh, 11. Renuka Singh, 12. Pooja Vastrakar, 13. Rajeshwari Gaikwad, 14. Radha Yadav, 15. Kiran Navgire.

Standby Players: 1. Tania Bhatia, 2. Simran Bahadur.