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Asian Games 2023: Medal Assured In Cricket As Pooja Vastrakar Takes India Women To Final

Pooja Vastrakar bowled a sharp and incisive spell to take the Indian women's cricket team to its maiden Asian Games final, crushing Bangladesh by eight wickets in a lopsided semi-final on Sunday. Right arm seamer Vastrakar, who replaced Anjali Sarvani in the squad just before leaving India, had career-best figures of 4/17 in four overs as Bangladesh were bowled out for 51 in 17.5 overs -- their lowest ever T20 score against the neighbours.

Watch: Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues Cheer For Indian Football Team At Asian Games 2023

Indian women's cricket team stars Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur and Jemimah Rodrigues were there to cheer the Indian men's football team as they faced China in the opening match of their Asian Games campaign. In a video posted on Mandhana's account, Jemimah and Harmanpreet could be seen cheering at the stadium and she even showed the game on the giant screen. India lost 1-5 to China but that could dampen the support shown by the Indian supporters. The Indian women's cricket team will start their campaign in the quarterfinal match against Malaysia on Thursday.

Smriti Mandhana Surpasses Jemimah Rodrigues To Achieve This Big Feat In The Hundred Competition

India women's team star batter Smriti Mandhana achieved a new milestone on Friday in the ongoing The Hundred Women's Competition. Playing for Southern Brave, Mandhana played an unbeaten knock of 70 runs against Welsh Fire and became the registered the highest number of fifty plus scores in the history of the Women's Hundred. The 27-year-old batter has now got five fifty plus scores but her brilliant innings also could not help the Braves in defeating the Fire as the Anya Shrubsole-led side ended up losing by four runs.

Jemimah Rodrigues To Play In The Hundred For Northern Superchargers

India batter Jemimah Rodrigues has signed a last-minute deal to play for Northern Superchargers in the upcoming Hundred tournament in England, replacing Australia's Heather Graham. The 22-year-old Rodrigues was among the leading run-scorer in the inaugural season of the Hundred but missed a major chunk of the competition last year due to a wrist injury. According to espncricinfo.com, the Northern Superchargers had opted against retaining the Indian batter ahead of the draft in March this year, but have been able to bring her back in their side as an injury replacement.

Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues Make Substantial Gains In ODI Batters' Chart

India's Harleen Deol and Jemimah Rodrigues made substantial gains in the ICC women's player rankings for batters released on Tuesday, following their impressive performances in the recently-concluded series against Bangladesh. India and Bangladesh shared the honours after the third and final ODI of the series ended in a tie in controversial circumstances. The Player of the Match in final ODI, Deol advanced 32 places to reach 51st position while Rodrigues, who scored a match-winning 86 in the second ODI, is up by 41 places to reach 55th.

India's Top Order In Focus In Women's ODI Series Decider vs Bangladesh

Eyeing a series-clinching victory, India would expect a better show from its top order when it takes on Bangladesh in the third and final women's ODI on Saturday. Following a disastrous start, where the Indian women's team crashed to its first-ever defeat to Bangladesh, the visitors levelled the series with a commanding 108-run win on Wednesday. Come Saturday, the Indian team would not only aim to secure the three-match series but also address the grey areas and continue learning the nature of pitches, given that next year's World Cup is scheduled in Bangladesh.

Watch: Bangladesh Presenter Calls Harmanpreet Kaur "Jemimah", India Captain's Reaction Is Viral

Team India made a strong comeback in the second Women's ODI against Bangladesh on Wednesday as the visitors levelled the three-match series 1-1 ahead of the decider on Saturday. Jemimah Rodrigues was the star of the show as her sensational all-round performance set up a convincing win for the visitors in Mirpur. After India were invited to bat first by Bangladesh, Jemimah slammed 86 off just 78 balls with the help of nine fours, before registering incredible figures of 4/3 in 3.1 overs.

Harmanpreet Kaur To Lead Indian Women's Cricket Team At Asian Games

The BCCI women's team selectors on Friday named Harmanpreet Kaur as the captain of the side that will be playing at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. Smriti Mandhana will be the vice-captain."The Women's Selection Committee has picked India's squad for the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 to be held from 19th September to 8th October 2023 at Zhejiang University of Technology Pingfeng Cricket Field. The women's cricket competition will take place from 19th-28th September 2023 in a T20 format," the BCCI said in a press release.

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Asian Games 2023: Medal Assured In Cricket As Pooja Vastrakar Takes India Women To Final

Watch: Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues Cheer For Indian Football Team At Asian Games 2023

Smriti Mandhana Surpasses Jemimah Rodrigues To Achieve This Big Feat In The Hundred Competition

Jemimah Rodrigues To Play In The Hundred For Northern Superchargers

Harleen Deol, Jemimah Rodrigues Make Substantial Gains In ODI Batters' Chart

India's Top Order In Focus In Women's ODI Series Decider vs Bangladesh

Watch: Bangladesh Presenter Calls Harmanpreet Kaur "Jemimah", India Captain's Reaction Is Viral

Harmanpreet Kaur To Lead Indian Women's Cricket Team At Asian Games