India's CWC25 squad member ruled out of Australia ODIs
Jemimah Rodrigues will be replaced by Tejal Hasabnis for the remainder of the ongoing Australia series.
India's middle-order batter Rodrigues has been ruled out of the rest of the ODI series against Australia after being diagnosed with a viral fever.
The Women’s Selection Committee has named batter Tejal Hasabnis as Rodrigues’ replacement in the squad for the remaining two ODIs. Hasabnis has an average of 46.66 in six ODIs.
The BCCI Medical Team will continue to monitor Rodrigues' recovery as the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 is less than two weeks away and the batter is expected to play a key role in India's campaign.
Jemimah had a disappointing outing in the series opener defeat to Australia, scoring 18 off 26 as India went on to post 281/7 on the board. Smriti Mandhana, who was recently crowned the premier batter in the ICC Women's ODI Batter Rankings posted a stylish half-century, alongside Pratika Rawal and Harleen Deol. Australia chased down the target on the back of impressive batting from Phoebe Litchfield and Beth Mooney.
The second ODI of the three-game series will be played today in Mullanpur.
Updated India ODI squad against Australia:
Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Deepti Sharma, Renuka Singh Thakur, Arundhati Reddy, Richa Ghosh (WK), Kranti Gaud, Sayali Satghare, Radha Yadav, Sree Charani, Sneh Rana, Uma Chetry (WK), Tejal Hasabnis
Standby players: Prema Rawat, Priya Mishra