Jemimah Rodrigues, an Indian middle-order batsman, will not play in the remaining ODI series against Australia. According to a press release from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the batter has a viral fever. She will be replaced for the final two games by Tejal Hasabnis.
Rodrigues’ absence from the final two matches will be a major setback for the Indian team and for her personally, since she will be missing out on crucial preparation for the Women’s ODI World Cup, which is less than two weeks away.
In India’s most recent match against Australia at the New PCA Stadium in Chandigarh, Rodrigues scored eighteen runs, but the team lost.
In contrast, Hasabnis has amassed 140 runs in her brief six-match ODI career, including a single fifty against Ireland earlier this year in January. Prema Rawat and Priya Mishra are on standby for the series, leaving the rest of the team unaltered.
Australia is ahead 1-0 in the three-match ODI series, and the second match is scheduled for today at Chandigarh’s New PCA stadium.
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