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In the ongoing high stakes clash between India and Pakistan in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025, Jemimah Rodrigues luckily survived off a no-ball early in her innings at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The 25-year-old from India was on two off five when Pakistan pacer Diana Baig bowled a brilliant cutter, which gripped the surface and took the inside edge of her bat in the 27th over of the innings.
It led to Sidra Nawaz, the Pakistan wicket-keeper, grabbing hold of the ball smartly to her left, which led to the on-field umpire giving Jemimah Rodrigues her marching orders after asking the follow umpire about the clean catch. Moments later, the siren went off inside the R Premadasa Stadium courtesy of the third umpire, which meant that the on-field umpire had to call it a no-ball, giving the right-handed batter the chance to continue her innings.
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While Jemimah Rodrigues did put some runs on the board after the reprieve, she was dismissed lbw on 32 off 37 by Nasra Sandhu, an innings which had five fours. It left India a bit behind the eight ball, reaching 159/5 in 35 overs duet to a very impressive Pakistan bowling performance, who haven’t allowed the batters to get away at any stage of the innings in Colombo.
Below are the playing XIs of India and Pakistan for ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 match:
India: Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Sneh Rana, Kranti Goud, Shree Charani, Renuka Singh
Pakistan: Muneeba Ali, Sadaf Shamas, Sidra Amin, Aliya Riaz, Natalia Pervaiz, Fatima Sana (c), Rameen Shamim, Diana Baig, Sidra Nawaz (wk), Nashra Sandhu, Sadia Iqbal
