Powered by another sensational bowling show (4-10 in 4 overs) by seamer Renuka Singh Thakur and a crucial half-century (56 not out, 46b, 6x4, 1x6) by Jemimah Rodrigues, India cruised into the semifinals of the of the women's competition of the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games in style, thrashing Barbados by 100 runs in the last, must-win Group A clash at Edgbaston on Wednesday night.
Looking like serious contenders for a medal-their defeat to Australia in the opener notwithstanding, India, who scored 162-4 and then restricted Barbados to 62-8, recorded their second-biggest win in T20Is. They will now face the winner of the night game on Thursday between England and New Zealand in Group B, in the semifinals on Saturday. Apart from India, Australia were expectedly the other team to make it to the last four stage from Group A.
