India suffer major blow as Jemimah Rodrigues ruled out of ODI series vs Australia

Team India has suffered a major blow as one of their main batters, Jemimah Rodrigues, has been ruled out of the ongoing ODI series against Australia. BCCI has confirmed the development, stating that the cricketer is down due to viral fever and the BCCI medical team is monitoring her progress. India would want Jemimah to get fit in time for the World Cup which is scheduled to get underway in less than two weeks from now.

Tejal Hasabnis has been named the replacement for Rodrigues in the Indian squad, while Prema Rawat and Priya Mishra continue to be the standby players for the ODI series. As far as the second ODI is concerned, Australia skipper Alyssa Healy won the toss and opted to bowl first to get used to the heat in the country. Several Aussie players struggled for the same reason in the previous game with all-rounder Ellyse Perry also walking off retired hurt while batting.

India’s updated 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 for ODI series against Australia: Prema Rawat, Priya Mishra