CWG 2022: India beat Barbados to enter women's cricket semifinals

Barbados by 100 runs in the last, must-win Group A clash at Edgbaston on Wednesday night. Looking like serious contenders for a medal-their defeat to Australia in the opener notwithstanding, India, who scored 162-4 and then restricted Barbados to 62-8, recorded their second-biggest win in T20Is. They will now face the winner of the night game on Thursday between England and New Zealand in Group B, in the semifinals on Saturday. Apart from India, Australia were expectedly the other team to make it to the last four stage from Group A.

The only worry ahead of the knockouts for India is an injury in the right hand to Rodrigues during the game, which saw the 21-year-old sitting in the dugout towards the closing stages of the match. She was seen putting an ice pack, and then bandage on her hand, and even shook the players' hands with her left hand. With a couple of days before the semis clash, India would hope that their key batter recovers from this blow in time. While quite a few players have done well for them in the league stage, the superstar of India's campaign so far as has been Renuka, who, with nine scalps in three games at an incredible average of 5.33 and economy rate of 4.00, including two four-fors, is the top wicket-taker in the tournament by a fair margin.

Photo by Alex Davidson/Getty ImagesWhile she took 4-18 against the Southern Stars in a losing cause, Renuka, moving the ball around menacingly under the lights, this time destroyed the Barbados top-order, sending back Deandra Dottin (0), skipper Hayley Matthews (9), Kycia Knight (3) and Aaliyah Alleyne (0) to leave the Caribbean side tottering at 19 for four in 5 overs. Playing the last time on the international stage, Dottin lost her leg stump while trying