Jemimah Rodrigues, a player of the Indian Women’s Team, who was once struggling to score runs and be in form for the tournament, has now had a comeback in the ICC Women’s World Cup Semi-final. She scored an amazing score of 127 in 101 balls, which played a huge role in India’s win in this match.
During previous matches, Jemimah Rodrigues’s performance was not up to the mark, which made fans question her place in the team. She also had a tough start in the tournament, as her two innings in the starting were 0 and 32. The cricket critics from all over the world called her inconsistent and thought that she had lost her rhythm.
But even during the interviews, Jemimah Rodrigue maintained a positive attitude and remained grounded.
She was even ruled out of the Australia ODI series due to a viral infection earlier this year, for other players, this would have been a shattering point. But Jemimah Rodrigues maintained her calm and believed in herself in tough times and had the greatest comeback in cricket history.
The Knock of a Lifetime
On the night at Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy in Navi Mumbai, during the match between India and Australia, everything changed. Australia had made 338 runs in 49.4 overs, and India had to chase this hard to achieve the target set by the Australian team to win the match and play in the finals.
The start from the team was not looking promising, that’s when Jemimah Rodrigues arrived in the stadium field, she made a classic score of 127 not out off 101 balls, with 14 fours and a six. In total, with her partnership captain Harmanpreet Kaur, the scores went up-to 142 in total.
India was able to chase the score target and ended up scoring 341/5 runs in the match. All thanks to Jemimah Rodrigues and her stunning performance.
Scorecard Highlights
Here are the scores of the players of both teams.
Australian Women’s team – 338 all out in 49.4 overs
- Alyssa Healy – 63 (54)
- Phoebe Litchfield – 71 (89)
- Ellyse Perry – 58 (66)
- Deepti Sharma – 3/61
- Renuka Singh – 2/54
India Women’s team– 341 with 5 wickets in 48.3 overs
- Smriti Mandhana – 84 (72)
- Jemimah Rodrigues – 127* (101)
- Harmanpreet Kaur – 68 (73)
- Jess Jonassen – 2/62
At the end, India won the match by 5 wickets and are now qualified for the World Cup Final.
What Lies Ahead
As the team is now on the next and last level of the tournament, that is, the finals. The team will need Jemimah Rodrigues and her stunning performance again in order to win the tournament.
Even though they have already made history for being the first time since 2017 to reach the finals in the World Cup. The win in the tournament would be a historic sight to see.
Jemimah Rodrigues is already an inspiration for millions of young girls in India who aspire to have a career in cricket.
Jemimah Rodrigues’ performance in the finals will be an exciting sight to see, along with the result of India winning the tournament.
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Final Thoughts
The comeback of Jemimah Rodrigues is not just a story of cricket, but it is a story of a human who never gave up and was always consistent. She fought all the ups and downs and illnesses in order to give such an amazing performance against one of the world’s best teams while being under such immense pressure. She is the real-life example of what belief can do.
She is now a hope for the Indian Women’s team as the team looks forward to the World Cup final.
