Asia Cup: Rodrigues and Deepti put India women on top of the table

India women rode on the batting heroics of Deepti Sharma and Jemimah Rodrigues to hammer UAE women by 104 runs in a group game to move to the top of the points table in the Asia Cup T20 tournament on Tuesday.

Jemimah Rodrigues top-scored with an unbeaten 75 while Deepta Sharma scored 64 as India posted a huge 178 for five against UAE in a Women's Asia Cup match on Tuesday.

India struggled early on, losing three quick wickets, but Jemimah and Deepti shared a 128-run stand to infuse life into their innings. The inexperienced UAE bowlers cut a sorry



figure.

UAE lost their three wickets in less than 2 overs but then Kavisha Egodage and Khushi Sharma stood together to steady the ship. They managed to tick the scoreboard over at a slow clip and that meant UAE never went for the win.

"My mindset is simple. I just go out there and score as much as I can for the team. I just wanted to pick up the momentum. I had the same talk with Deepti. It took some time as it is not the easiest of wickets. I was talking to Deepti that since the Lanka tour and then CWG both of us had some good partnerships," Jemimah Rodrigues said.