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The five franchises went out on a shopping spree, shelling out big bucks for domestic and international stars at the first ever WPL auction.Mandhana led the auction chart with Royal Challengers Bangalore splurging a record Rs 3.4 crore for the stylish left-hander. The Bangalore franchise pipped Mumbai Indians in a bidding war to buy the services of India vice-captain.
The Indian team gave ample game time to its fringe players, making as many as eight changes in the last two games, but against Pakistan -- one of title contenders -- the Harmanpreet Kaur-led side is expected to have a full strength team on the field. Pakistan are coming into the contest after suffering a shock four-wicket defeat at the hands of minnows Thailand on Thursday. The two sides currently occupy the top two spot in the points table with India, who have won three games on the trot, leading the table.
India Women vs UAE Women Live Updates: Deepti Sharma and Jemimah Rodrigues both brought up their half-centuries in the 15th over as their partnership revived India against UAE in the Women's Asia Cup. India's experimentation with the batting order backfired, with Richa Ghosh falling for a golden duck after being promoted to open the innings. Sabbhineni Meghana, half-centurion in yesterday's match, was next to go and things went from bad to worse after Dayalan Hemalatha became the second Indian batter to be dismissed for a duck. Three down early, India needed a partnership, and Deepti and Jemimah provided them with just that with a stand of 128 runs, setting them up for a strong total. Deepti fell in the 18th over, but Jemimah is still going strong. (LIVE SCORECARD)
Two days after a storm punctured their hopes of taking their biggest scalp to date, UAE’s women will be back in action at the Asia Cup in Bangladesh when they face India.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday announced India's 15-strong squad for the Women's Asia Cup which begins on October 1 in Bangladesh. Harmanpreet Kaur is set to lead the team, while Smriti Mandhana is her deputy. Jemimah Rodrigues, who missed India's tour of England with injury despite being named in the squad, is set to return for the marquee continental tournament. Richa Ghosh has been picked to keep wickets, while Renuka Singh, Meghna Singh and Pooja Vastrakar will make up the pace attack.
India's Jemimah Rodrigues missed out as Australia's Tahlia McGrath and Zimbabwe's Sikandar Raza were on Monday voted as ICC Player of the Month for August following their outstanding international performances in their respective categories. Rodrigues was nominated for the award in the women's category, which also featured Commonwealth Games gold medal-winning Australian duo of Beth Mooney and Tahlia McGrath. However, McGrath became the latest Australian star to win the ICC Women's Player of the Month award after helping her country claim the Commonwealth gold in Birmingham.
Smriti Mandhana has delivered for Indian in a crunch game and it was her classy knock of 61 runs in the semi-final against England, that paved the way for a scintillating win by 4 runs, which means Harmanpreet Kaur's team will play in the gold medal match on Sunday. India opted to bat first and Mandhana was in a league of her own as she hit 8 boundaries and three massive sixes to score 61 off just 32 deliveries.
Ramesh Powar, hinting that different combinations could be seen in the coming matches at the Commonwealth Games. India defeated Barbados by 100 runs to qualify for the semifinals of the Birmingham Games. Jemimah Rodrigues, who was promoted to number three, played a vital 56-run knock.