Rockstar Jemimah Rodrigues on a roll!

Jemimah Rodrigues was at her ruthless best smashing an unbeaten 75 off 45 balls as India outbatted an inexperienced United Arab Emirates by 104 runs in the Womenrsquos T20 Asia Cup here on TuesdayJemimah and Deepti Sharma 64 off 49 balls added 128 runs in 133 overs after UAE had briefly sent some shivers down the Indiansrsquo spine reducing the tournament favourites to 20 for 3 inside the fifth over However the gulf in class between the two teams became more and more evident with India posting a challenging 178 for 5 in 20 oversThe UAE team which is also represented by 11 players of Indian origin never even bothered to be competitive in its chase finishing the quota of 20 overs at 74 for 4Third consecutive win for IndiaIndia have now won three matches on the trot and are firmly on their way to grab a semifinal berth although the big games against Bangladesh and Pakistan are yet to be playedWhile Smriti Mandhana S Meghana and an out of form Shafali Verma were back in the dugout quickly Jemimah and Deepti first steadied the ship till the 12th over and then upped the ante towards the end when the UAE bowlers found it difficult to control the runflowWhile Jemimah hit 11 boundaries Deepti had five fours and two sixesmdashincluding one which was slogswept behind lsquo45rsquo off a medium pacerJemimah had two chief scoring zonesmdashone in the arc between square leg and deep midwicket and the other between cover and extra coverThe UAE captain used as many as eight bowlers but the last six overs turned out to be complete mayhem with 72 runs coming off themWhile chasing the mindset of the UAE batters was ultra defensive and they were more keen on not losing wickets after being reduced to 5 for 3 by the end of the second overKavisha Egodage 30 not out 54 balls and Khushi Sharma 29 50 balls were engaged in a 59run stand where all they did was avoid getting outAlso ReadMumbailike heat Brsquolore prep helps Jemimah Rodrigues thriveMandhana pleasedNo doubt India standin skipper Smriti Mandhana was pleased as punch after the winldquoJemi and Deepti batted brilliantly for their 100run partnership to get us back in the game They UAE batted well there was one dropped catch but they batted really well to not give their wickets awayrdquo Mandhana said at the postmatch presentation ceremonyldquoWe had plans for our bowlers to get some practice and are happy with what we managed We wanted all our batters to have a hitrdquoBrief scoresIndia Women 1785 J Rodrigues 75 D Sharma 64 M Gaur 127 E Oza 127 beat UAE Women 744 in 20 overs K Egodage 30 R Gaekwad 220 by 104 runsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever