India, Aug. 14 -- India batter Jemimah Rodrigues has been ruled out of the upcoming ACC Women's Asia Cup in the UAE and the Asian Games in Japan after suffering a high-grade tear in her right hamstring, the BCCI confirmed on Friday. Rodrigues sustained the injury on August 3 while playing in The Hundred in England. She was subsequently assessed by the BCCI Medical Team at the Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, where clinical evaluation confirmed the severity of the injury.

The setback rules the 25-year-old out of two major assignments for India in the coming weeks and leaves the team without one of its most experienced middle-order batters. The BCCI did not specify a recovery timeline, but the confirmation that Rodrigues has suffered a h...