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Jemimah Rodrigues stars as India beat UAE by 104 runs in their third Women's Asia Cup 2022 match

Jemimah Rodrigues' unbeaten 76-run knock and an impressive performance from bowlers helped the Indian women's cricket team defeat UAE by 104 runs.

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Jemimah Rodrigues stars as India beat UAE by 104 runs in their third Women's Asia Cup 2022 match
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Jemimah Rodrigues' unbeaten 76-run knock and an impressive performance from bowlers helped the Indian women's cricket team defeat UAE by 104 runs in their third Women's Asia Cup 2022 match at Sylhet Outer Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

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The women in blue now lead the points table with a third consecutive win. Chasing a target of 179, the UAE innings never got going as the team kept losing wickets with the batters not showing any form of aggression or intent.

The UAE team needed some luck to be on their side if they wanted to have a crack at the formidable total in front of them, but luck seemed to be in the Indian camp as they affected a runout in the very first over to dismiss Theertha Satish for just one. 

Experienced Indian spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad was struck for a four on the very first ball of her over by Esha Rohit Oza, but the bowler had the last laugh as she dismissed Oza the very next ball with UAE struggling at 5/2. Gayakwad struck again in the very same over making things for UAE go from bad to worse as the associate nation slipped to 5/3 in the second over. 

It was just a matter of time as India bowled out their quota of overs, restricting UAE to 74/4 off 20 overs securing a massive 104-run win. 

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Earlier stand-in captain Smriti Mandhana elected to bat first as India posted a huge total propelled by half-centuries from Jemimah Rodrigues and Deepti Sharma.

India recovered from early setbacks against UAE to post a challenging total of 178/5. Rodrigues carried her bat through with a brilliant 75 not out and Deepti (64) played a superb knock to set the UAE a daunting chase.

Smriti Mandhana replaced Harmanpreet Kaur as the captain after Kaur was rested for the game.

Brief Score: India 178/5 in 20 overs (Jemimah Rodrigues 75, Deepti Sharma 64; Mahika Gaur 1/27) vs UAE 74/4 (Kavisha Egodage 30, Khushi Sharma 29; Rajeshwari Gayakwad 2/20). 

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